> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 92 09:07:25 CDT
> From: rgb@hal.com (Roger Bolick)
> To: markr@eye.com
> Subject: Re: lotus europa brake master cylinder
> Cc: british-cars@autox.team.net, british-cars@encore.com,
> british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu
>
>
> I saw a weird method to break pistons loose. Before giving up
> on the TR6 slave cylinder which had been frozen for 8 years, I
> tried this...
i
> [boiling for an hour]
>
> I still don't believe this actually worked, so let me know.
Probably because of the different expansion rates of the piston
and the cylinder. Freezing/heating may accomplish the same thing.
I've used this method successfully on other stuck/frozen parts.
Roland
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