good idea!; I'll have to look into that if I can't get it apart; I wonder
if that part of the servo holds vacuum and if your idea would still hold
vacuum or distort the drum?
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>
To: "Frank Magnusson" <fmags@cox.net>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake servo repair - Pt. 1
> Frank,
>
> I'm glad you wrote the List. I bought one of the "banded" units for a
> replacement/spare for my original Girling, which has the screw-attached
> cover for the vacuum chamber. I'll offer whatever info I can, but I
> have a favor to ask in return ;)
>
> As far as opening the canister, I had no luck trying to twist them apart
> (doesn't mean it can't be done, though). I ended up cutting the band
> with a cutoff tool, then welding two nuts on either end. On one nut I
> drilled out the threads so a suitably sized bolt would go through and
> engage the threads of the other, thus pulling the band tight. I think
> this setup will work but, unfortunately I haven't re-assembled the unit
> because the rubber elbow to the metal vacuum pipe broke and I haven't
> devised a suitable fix (my other unit is working fine so there's no
> imperative to do so).
>
>
>
> <continued>
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