Rebuilt mine in 1986. Use Dot5 silicon fluid. It's still as clean and sweet as
then. Works flawlessly. gary B9472283
--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Confessions of a moron
To: "wsamouce" <wsamouce@kc.rr.com>, tigers@autox.team.net
Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:52 PM
At 05:54 PM 4/12/2010, wsamouce wrote:
>I would like to say this happened years ago but it was this last Saturday.
>
>I have been having issues with the 7" Girling brake booster for about 2
>years now. My car was missing the booster when I bought it and I bought one
>from a great guy (name withheld).
>
>This booster has been off my car three times and back to (the guy) for
>rebuild and adjustment to try to get it working correctly. It kept applying
>slight pressure to the brakes which is really bad for gas mileage and brake
>pads and shoes.
I have rebuilt a number of the Girling Boosters,
in both sizes, and I think I know what the fellow
was doing wrong. These things are pretty simple
to overhaul and the only requirements are the
proper rebuilt kit, a lot of caution, and even
more attention to detail. Of the dozen or so I
have rebuilt, one did maintain residual pressure
-- I took it apart and found that I had not
properly cleaned the can, so that the piston was
snagging slightly. A complete cleaning, five
minutes with some ultra-fine sandpaper, and
another complete cleaning, then reassembly and it worked fine.
Girling boosters are really not that hard to
overhaul, sort of on the same order as a Bosch
K-Jetronic fuel-injection system. Surgical
cleanliness is really necessary. Beyond that,
though, it is not rocket science.
But, yes, I would go for the Lockheed booster
today -- the Girling Boosters were last made
years back, I believe, and, unless you find a NIB
example, the new unit is bound to be more reliable.
Marc
msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!
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