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Re: Seized Brakes

To: british-cars@Alliant.COM
Subject: Re: Seized Brakes
From: robbp@pyrthoth.pyramid.com (Rob Pryor)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 90 18:08:52 -0700
>. . . I replaced the brake master cylinder in my 68 MGB with a
>"remanufactured" unit. . . sleeved in brass.  Two years later. . . 
>the front brakes locked solidly, only to release upon cooling.
>Disassembly . . . revealed that the steel pistons had chewed the brass
>sleeve into a fine dust, contaminating the entire system and blocking the
>fluid return ports.

This is the first time I've heard anything negative about sleeved brake
cylinders.  Would this also be a problem with cylinders sleeved in stainless
steel?  Anybody else have horror stories about this?

robbp@pyramid.com


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