Late last year I asked the list for help with my Clutch slave cylinder
rebuild, I was unable to get the piston out of the cylinder.
I received many suggestions, (some of them from my dear wife that I can't
repeat) ranging from
using a grease gun or an air gun to "boiling the cylinder".
I didn't have easy access to a grease gun and the air gun did not work.
So... I tried to fill the cylinder with brake fluif ;-) and sealed both
openings with bleeder screws.
Then I placed the cylinder in a pot of boiling water.
After a few minutes, I removed the bleeder screw, cooled the
cylinder and topped the fluid and replaced the bleeder screw.
Then back in the hot water again.
I repeated the above Four or Five times and it did the job.
This only works if you have enough room for sufficient brake fluid though.
I have a spare cylinder where the piston was stuck all the way in, no luck
with that one.
Also, I recently found out why I couldn't send mail to the List (DUH),
Again thanks
John
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