- 1. wheel cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: "Craig Tufty" <craig@ctufty.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 04:43:52 -0400
- While "bleeding" my rear brakes this afternoon one wheel cylinder appears to have blown (circled area in red). Fluid started going everywhere. My question is this: Other than the wheel cylinder bein
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- 2. wheel cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: "Craig Tufty" <craig@ctufty.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 04:45:52 -0400
- While "bleeding" my rear brakes this afternoon one wheel cylinder appears to have blown (circled area in red). Fluid started going everywhere. My question is this: Other than the wheel cylinder bein
- /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00003.html (7,220 bytes)
- 3. Re: wheel cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 07:40:09 -0500
- You can't post pictures here. Was the cylinder new? If not, it probably wore out. Maybe it rusted together. -- ______ Paul T. Root / _ \ 1977 MGB / /|| \\ \ ||__// \______/ Check out the new British
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- 4. Re: wheel cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:17:47 +0100
- Nothing. A wheel cylinder should be able to stand as much pressure applied through the brake pedal as you can imagine, Incredible Hulk (who split everything except his pants) excepted. Check out the
- /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00006.html (7,199 bytes)
- 5. Re: wheel cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:00:35 +0100
- Hi Craig, Basically yes. From that image it looks like the slave piston has been allowed to travel too far outwards, for example if the foot pedal were operated without the drum and/or shoes fitted t
- /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00010.html (7,438 bytes)
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