Try using grease for this purpose - use a fitting to allow attachment of
your grease gun to the cylinder, and the piston won't come out like a
bullet.......
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com>
To: Larry Cogan <woodrat@spacey.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: Frozen Wheel Cylinders/Rear Hub Troubles
> Larry,
>
> I have been successful in the past with soaking Spridget wheel cylinders.
> It may take several days though. I don't know what he TC ones are like,
but
> it will take a while for the pentrant to work, and they usually need
> mechanical encourgement and compressed air to release. I fashion a hose
> that will thread into the cylinder at one end and the air hose at the
> other. IMPORTANT!! Be careful with the compressed air, when it does break
> free the piston can become a remarkable and dangerous projectile!!
>
> Gerard
>
> At 9:39 PM -0400 8/20/00, Larry Cogan wrote:
> >Hi Guys, I am still working on my MGTC and not getting the kind of
> >instant help I am use to from the Sridgets List. I am attaching a
> >post I sent to the MGTABC List. The first question I sent had to do
> >with frozen wheel cylinders. The pistons are frozen and I am
> >presently soaking them in PB Blaster. It seems to have no effect.
> >Any ideas? I am certain that I will have to send them away to be
> >resleeved, but I sure would like to look at them before they go to the
> >mailbox. The second question deals with (wire wheel) axil shaft and
> >rear hub. They look virtually the same on the TC as they did on my
> >'70 Midget, so was hoping that someone could enlighten me. Thanks,
> >Larry
> >
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> >In addition to my earlier post about frozen wheel cylinders (no
> >answers yet), I have discovered that one axil shaft is loose in the
> >rear hub (left side). There is considerable slop between the hub and
> >axil shaft. It looks as though someone had tried to deal with this
> >sometime in the past by trying to tack weld the axil to the hub. At
> >this point I am guessing that at least I will have to replace the hub.
> >How is the axil attached to the hub originally? A press fit? If the
> >axil splines have been damaged in the welding process I guess I will
> >have to replace both. Any advice on how to mate a new axil shaft to a
> >new hub would be appreciated. Larry
>
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