Broken brake cylinder?
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Broken brake cylinder?
Hello everyone
I don't know how the master brake cylinder works (the one behind the pedal). Mine when I took it apart for restoration I don't know if it worked well. Now I want to mount it again but I don't know if it works correctly.
I have sunk it with the pusher but it no longer comes out. Does this mean it is broken? Is there any way to check it?
Greetings to all!
I don't know how the master brake cylinder works (the one behind the pedal). Mine when I took it apart for restoration I don't know if it worked well. Now I want to mount it again but I don't know if it works correctly.
I have sunk it with the pusher but it no longer comes out. Does this mean it is broken? Is there any way to check it?
Greetings to all!
Re: Broken brake cylinder?
Hi
Have you got all the correct parts, seals etc. plus the internal return spring assembled in the right order?
Are you using new seals and is the cylinder bore in good condition free from scoring and/or corrosion?
Otherwise there is not much to reassembling these brake master cylinders?
Rossco
Have you got all the correct parts, seals etc. plus the internal return spring assembled in the right order?
Are you using new seals and is the cylinder bore in good condition free from scoring and/or corrosion?
Otherwise there is not much to reassembling these brake master cylinders?
Rossco
1973 M-151A2
1960 Seagrave LAFD Hook and Ladder Fire Truck
1953 M38A1 Jeep
1998 Ford Escort XR3i
2007 Ford Focus ST 2.5
1960 Seagrave LAFD Hook and Ladder Fire Truck
1953 M38A1 Jeep
1998 Ford Escort XR3i
2007 Ford Focus ST 2.5
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Re: Broken brake cylinder?
You can put it back together and bench bleed it, run a clear hose back into the reservoir, make sure it pumps, manually pump slowly with screwdriver, purge all the air, then let it sit awhile and check for leaks around the seal area. Make sure you have a clean bore area, if it's not pitted too bad, you can hone it with a brake cylinder hone.
Re: Broken brake cylinder?
....or buy a new one. Your life and the lives of others will depend upon this single component.Hambone wrote: ↑May 13th, 2020, 8:35 pmYou can put it back together and bench bleed it, run a clear hose back into the reservoir, make sure it pumps, manually pump slowly with screwdriver, purge all the air, then let it sit awhile and check for leaks around the seal area. Make sure you have a clean bore area, if it's not pitted too bad, you can hone it with a brake cylinder hone.
I'm not saying that you're not capable.
It's more a matter of your deciding, right now, who a plaintiff's lawyer might want to chase in the off chance things go wrong.
Would you rather it be you he pursues, or would you rather it be the master cylinder manufacturer?
Cheers,
TJ
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Re: Broken brake cylinder?
Misunderstood, thought you had rebuilt it and the bore was dry, as TJ said, you can buy a new one for $70 or rebuild yours for $40, being the removal and replacement is a PITA, go back with new or rebuilt.
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Re: Broken brake cylinder?
hi
below the kit
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... 1861117556
at the page below you can see how it must done the cylinder looks the same as the mutt cylinder it sits at the end of the page
https://www.hometownbuick.com/1957-buic ... nt-repair/
at the mutt you must adjust the puschrod to know if the compensation hole is open see drawing
the puschrod must hang free with a litle play
if the adjusting is wrong after several brakes your brakes get dragging
to put brakes cylinders together use brake grease see below or brake fluid
https://www.ebay.com/itm/180G-ATE-Brake ... 100623.m-1
george
below the kit
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... 1861117556
at the page below you can see how it must done the cylinder looks the same as the mutt cylinder it sits at the end of the page
https://www.hometownbuick.com/1957-buic ... nt-repair/
at the mutt you must adjust the puschrod to know if the compensation hole is open see drawing
the puschrod must hang free with a litle play
if the adjusting is wrong after several brakes your brakes get dragging
to put brakes cylinders together use brake grease see below or brake fluid
https://www.ebay.com/itm/180G-ATE-Brake ... 100623.m-1
george
Re: Broken brake cylinder?
Rupert.....
If you buy a master cylinder repair kit, MAKE CERTAIN that the "reed valve" is IDENTICAL to the old one. Our member Horst posted the details in the G838 Wiki..... some of the repair kits contain the WRONG reed valve.
And here's a link to the re-assembly of the M/C for you:-
http://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php?t=289691
Rick.....Horst's warning...it used to be in the Wiki...... but the Wiki has disappeared from the board. Anyone still got a copy?
Ken
If you buy a master cylinder repair kit, MAKE CERTAIN that the "reed valve" is IDENTICAL to the old one. Our member Horst posted the details in the G838 Wiki..... some of the repair kits contain the WRONG reed valve.
And here's a link to the re-assembly of the M/C for you:-
http://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php?t=289691
Rick.....Horst's warning...it used to be in the Wiki...... but the Wiki has disappeared from the board. Anyone still got a copy?
Ken
Kind regards....
Ken
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Re: Broken brake cylinder?
I have a new wiki up on the board but personally I have no idea how to set it up. With all the other things I have been doing that has taken a back seat. I do still have the info from the old wiki thanks to Surveyor.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
Re: Broken brake cylinder?
Ken, I looked through those old files and the only thing in the brake section is a warning about using the kit for an MB which looks similar.
repair kit for master cylinder
make sure when getting a master cylinder repair kit that it contains the correct size of the piston, compare the length of the old piston with the new piston. A repair kit for a MB Jeep does look similar but has a slightly longer piston. The wrong piston will install without any problems, it will brake but it will not release the brake pressure properly when getting off the pedal.
repair kit for master cylinder
make sure when getting a master cylinder repair kit that it contains the correct size of the piston, compare the length of the old piston with the new piston. A repair kit for a MB Jeep does look similar but has a slightly longer piston. The wrong piston will install without any problems, it will brake but it will not release the brake pressure properly when getting off the pedal.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
Re: Broken brake cylinder?
1960 M151 Run #1
"There is one nut on a M151 that is very difficult to remove....." - K8icu
"She ain't a Cadillac and she ain't a Rolls, But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio" - Aaron Tippin
"There is one nut on a M151 that is very difficult to remove....." - K8icu
"She ain't a Cadillac and she ain't a Rolls, But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio" - Aaron Tippin
Re: Broken brake cylinder?
PM sent
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
Re: Broken brake cylinder?
I will not be complicated by such a small difference, also the piston is sunk and without sale.
I will buy a new one! Thanks for your advice! a greeting
I will buy a new one! Thanks for your advice! a greeting