I've never had any master or slave cylinders done by Apple but
I did have some lever shocks done. I originaly just ordered a
set of rebuilt units and was going to send the ones from my car
in as the cores when they arrived. But it turned out that the
rebuilt ones got here the bodies were pretty badly pitted on the
outside and the ones off my car were in excellent shape. I called
Apple and told them that I wanted to return the rebuilt units and
have mine rebuilt and returned to me. To Apple's credit they didn't
give me any grief about this and they didn't charge me to send
my shocks back after the rebuild. The only thing bad about the deal
was that I probably lost a couple of weeks of having the car on the
road. The shocks work just fine. What I learned from this is that
if the thing you want rebuilt is in pretty good shape send it in
to be fixed instead of exchanging it. You never know what you're
going to get in exchange.
On the subject of resleeving with brass vs. stainless, there was
an article or letter to the editor from some place in California
that does resleeving and they said they prefer a "hard brass" because
there's less risk of cracking the original unit when the sleeve is
pressed in. I'm pretty sure that they said hard brass but I wouldn't
bet on it. If anyone is really interested I can try to find the article.
Drew
On Jun 16, 1:07pm, Peter Zaborski wrote:
> Subject: RE: TR-2,3,4A - Apple Hydraulics recommendation requested
>
> > From: John Cowan [SMTP:jfcowan@earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 12:54 PM
> >
> > Has anyone sent master cyinders to Apple Hydraulics lately?
> >
[snip]
>
> 2. A local dude I deal with recommends getting MCs resleeved with SS instead
> of brass. He says brass will eventually wear away while SS will last
> "forever". I chose the Apple route for whatever reason, mostly timing. The
> only place he knew of which does SS resleeving is in Nebraska (I think). I
> tried asking last year on the list the merits of SS vs brass for resleeving
> hydraulic cylinders and got no replies to sway me in either direction. Both
> Apple and White Post restorations do the resleeving in brass and I believe
> they are both reputable outfits (both are in Hemmings). (I forgot to ask the
> Apple dude why brass and not SS, if someone speaks with them, perhaps they
> could ask and post the answer?). One theory from the local dude why some use
> brass is that it is much easier to machine than SS.
>
> HTH,
>
> Peter Zaborski
> 76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
> Calgary AB Canada
>-- End of excerpt from Peter Zaborski
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Drew Rogge
drew@pixar.com
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