Christopher Albers wrote:
> George Frechette, who advertises in Hemmings, resleeved my servo with
> stainless steel for $150. With five stepped bores in the Girling
> servo, that is significantly less than the $45 per bore quoted by
> Karp's Power Brake. This was about 5 years ago, so he may be a little
> more expensive now. Also, mine was the first he'd ever done, so maybe
> he didn't knoiw what he was getting himself into. I am very satisfied
> with the quality of the work.
>
> George can be reached at (800) 528-5235.
>
> Christopher Albers
Chris, and Tigers,
First, Chris, let me apologize for asking you for his location, you did
give the 800 number.
I called him and found the following information. He only does sleeving,
and does not rebuild the units, as my referenced supplier Karp's does.
He only did one of the five steps of the bores. He did not seem familiar
with the design of the Girling, so did not know how they are stepped. He
has done stepped bores, for master cylinders, but the Girling actually
has two chambers. In the Girling the piston rod goes through that pesky
canister seal, then decrease in diameter for the moving piston rod output
bore. Rather long. The second bore is on top of this one and appears to
have four steps, three of which have static or moving seals. The last
one appears to be for control valve end shaft penetration clearance. I
would guess that 5 is the correct number of wearing surfaces that
sequentially step down.
This would require boring and honing all, but the wall is pretty thin
between the first two parallel bores near the canister.
George Frechette currently charges $40/sleeve. Dismantling and
rebuilding are your responsibility.
Karp charges around $50/sleeve, with multiple sleeve discount because
there is only one initial set-up per bore.
He uses only Girling (Lockheed since merger) parts from England, and has
a direct source.
Hope this information helps someone looking to get a reliable system.
Steve
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