Okay, problem solved. Got the message below from a list member (good thing
I didn't 'vise' it, one could say that'd be un-ad-vise-able) so I dropped
the rubber piece in a cup of boiling water for 10 minutes, then wrestled it
part way on, back in the water, for wrestling rest of the way on with a
wooden stir stick. Thanks for the assistance. (hope the check valve
mentioned wasn't the problem, if so I should have just sent the whole
shooting match for rebuild, but I think not because it wasn't brake fade
that made me remove it, but fluid coming out onto my feet)
Fergus O, 69 2000
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The top hat at the end of the piston is pressed on. There is a check valve
with a weak conical spring inside. Be careful because I don't think that
the check valve comes as part of a rubber kit. The stem for the check
valve goes into the slot in the piston and the pin/screw in the bottom of
the cyl opens it when the pedal is released.
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