I rebuilt my clutch master a year or two ago, and as I remember at
the time, my rebuild kit had only one of the 2 seals. It said
something like "if you have the old style cylinder with 2 seals, the
whole cylinder must be replaced". So of course I put it back
together with only one seal, and have sort of gotten used to pumping
the clutch twice :-(.
I would love to know where you got a rebuild kit with 2 seals!
Thanks,
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Charlie Farwell 1962 TR4 #CT3852L
cfarwell@lucent.com
On Jul 4, 2:30pm, Chip Old wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, John L. Walker wrote:
>
> > There are 2 rubber seals on the piston assembly. Haynes calls them the
> > 'Plunger Seal' and the 'Valve seal'. When I removed the piston assy.,
> > the valve seal had been forced into a triangular shape by the plastic
> > Valve Spacer. Shouldn't it be round? when I reassembled everything the
> > spring tension caused the plastic the jump over the seal again, making it
> > triangular.
> >
> > I figure I need a new rubber seal, but do I really?
>
> The seal is round in cross section when new, but assumes a triangular or
> trapezoidal cross section with age and use. That doesn't necessarily mean
> it has gone bad. However, since you already have the cylinder out of the
> car and disassembled, it makes sense to get a rebuild kit. Better now
> than later when the seals eventually do fail.
>
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