Hi Joseph, do roadster-fans ever just buy something new before trying to
tinker with what they got?! Anyway, I got a couple of free new rebuild kits
so I thought it was worth a shot.
Fred - So.SF
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> From: BERKEN@aol.com
> To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
> Cc: datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Re Brake lines
> Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 9:00 PM
>
> Fred,
> I'm sure you're going to get different ideas on this, but my experience
was
> that trying to rebuild the m.c. was an exercise in futility. The kits
are
> cheap, but it was worse after I rebuilt it than before. Very dangerous
> before and totally deadly after. A new one is about $160 and will last
about
> 100,000 miles. The problem seems to be that the bore in the alumimum
cylinder
> gets worn bigger and irregular and so the seals just don't fix it. I
also
> tried to get the thing apart and it seems that the dissimilar metals
"weld"
> themselves together. Anyway, take your choice, try to rebuild, it will
mostly
> just cost you time; or buy a new one.
>
> My .02/worth
>
>
> Joseph Berkenbile
> 70 1600
> Albuquerque
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