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Re: TR6 Brake Master Cylinder

To: "R. Bruce Crouter" <bruce.crouter@sk.sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: TR6 Brake Master Cylinder
From: Martin Libhart <mlibhart@feist.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:00:05 -0600
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <3506A4DD.732@sk.sympatico.ca>
CAREFULLY...apply a little compressed air in the forward brake line
opening in the side of MC, or in the top port where reservoir attaches.
Be carefully, or it will come out like a rocket!

Martin Libhart
1972 TR6

R. Bruce Crouter wrote:

> Hello everyone, this is my first post but I have enjoyed your
> discussions for the last two years.
>
> I am trying to rebuild a leaking brake master cylinder in my 1975 TR6.
> I have removed the tipping valve and the primary plunger but I cannot
> get the secondary plunger out.  My Bentley manual seems to suggest it
> should slide right out, mine seems firmly in place.  The secondary
> plunger moves up and down but the assembly will not budge in the
> cylinder.  Can anyone offer a suggestion as to how to get at it?  The
> thought of the cost of a rebuilt cylinder makes me shake.  Thank you.
>
> Bruce Crouter
> 1975 TR6
> Saskatchewan, Canada




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