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Re: brake cylinders

To: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
Subject: Re: brake cylinders
From: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 20:01:02 -0600
Bob,
That may be why I had such a hard time getting the pistons back in; over an
hour. They didn't look anything like what came out of them. I did order them
from Jeff Zorn. I hope they don't leak now that they're finally in there!
Monte

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
To: <mmorris@nemr.net>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: brake cylinders


> Monte,
>   I can't answer your question but raise a question to you and other MGA
> people....
>   At a tech session last year, we had an MGA in for new rear brake cups.
> The Moss cups ordered didn't fit the pistons and the pistons didn't look
> quite right to some of the MGA owners.  A quick telephone call to Moss,
> on a Sunday afternoon, revealed that the pistons in the rear cylinders
> were not OEM pistons, so the Moss (OEM type) cups would not fit.  Well,
> that stopped progress for the day, but the owner ordered the new rear
> brake assemblies and had them in hand from Moss on Tuesday so we could
> complete the job.
>    Point of this note is that you might also have non-standard bits in
> there.
> Bob
>
>
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:53:33 -0600 "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>
> writes:
> > I'm in the middle of rebuilding  rear brake cylinders (on the 67B)
> > and have a quick question.
> > The old inner seals on the piston are different than the ones in the
> > rebuild kit. The old ones look like they are the same diameter on both
> ends,
> > but the new ones have a smaller diameter on one end than the other
> (cone
> > shaped). One side is also solid around the circumference and the other
> side
> > is split (looks like a groove all the way around it). Which side of the
>
> > cone-shaped seal goes inwards? I hope this makes sense.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Monte
> >           79B, Carmine
> >           67B, BRG
> >           74 1/2 Rust, parts car

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