Bob -
Mine didn't last because the cylinder wall was shot
and at that time (late 80's) there was no one who was
sleeving these things.
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
--- Bob Spidell <bspidell@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Begs the question ...
>
> Why will they work for 120,000+ miles over 30+
> years--mine did--then only
> go 10,000 after a proper rebuild (inc. re-sleeving
> if necessary).
>
> I'm presuming this isn't because of the cylinder
> wall hardness breaking down
> or being destroyed by honing, which we've
> established is a no-no.
>
>
> bs
> ********************************************
> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA
> bspidell@pacbell.net
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey
> 100M
> ********************************************
>
>
> > Bob -
> >
> > All that means is you probably have 3,500 miles
> left
> > until you have to re-build the booster again!
> >
> > I rebuilt my old BJ8 brake booster two times...
> each
> > time it worked great, but only lasted about 10,000
> > miles. Finally got fed up and bought the PBR
> > diaphram unit... that's been working flawlessley
> now
> > for 10 years.
> >
> > The rebuild shops can resleeve a unit if
> necessary....
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
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