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Re: wheel cylinders

To: Craig Tufty <craig@ctufty.com>
Subject: Re: wheel cylinders
From: "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.


Craig Tufty wrote:

>  Hello:
> 
> 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 being defective, what would
> cause it to blow.  As you can see by the image the right plunger hasn't moved
> at all whereas the left one appears to be fully extended.
> 
> Attached please find an image of the culprit.
> 
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Craig Tufty
> Alexandria, Virginia  22307
> 
> [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of 
>100_0024_1.jpg]

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