Cleaning steel brake pipes or tubes inside... how??

Keith Webb · #1 25-01-09, 07:43

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Keith would you be so kind as to add the Kit P/n to the spares list on MLU?

I take the easy route and give master cylinders to a brake reco place who rebore and sleeve in stainless and return complete with a kit ready to use so I'm sorry but I don't have a kit number.

sth65pac · #2 26-01-09, 11:30

Keith.......

I meant in the Excel spreadsheet in parts sources and prices. I have added to the thread. For all the Aussies it was $30.00 for the kit. Which is an IBS brand KX4 kit..

I cannot see why you cant overhaul a Chev Master Cylinder??? Aren't they the same diameter cylinder?

I am sunburnt today, spent an hour or more in the place where the engine once lay

cleaning away the mud and grease... There is real green paint there...

Oh and we need some pictures of Chris's F15 in the making....

Ian

Grant Bowker · #3 26-01-09, 12:00

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Originally Posted by sth65pac

I cannot see why you cant overhaul a Chev Master Cylinder??? Aren't they the same diameter cylinder?

Actually, it's quite easy to find the guts to overhaul a chev master cylinider. The problem comes when the interior is pitted, then you have to go the resleeve route or look for a replacement. Repalcements are rare since most 1-1/4 inch master cylinders were side mounted rather than the CMP base mount and most base mount master cylinders are 1 inch diameter (and easy to find in this size.

sth65pac · #4 27-01-09, 12:28

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Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

Actually, it's quite easy to find the guts to overhaul a chev master cylinder. The problem comes when the interior is pitted, then you have to go the re sleeve route or look for a replacement. Replacements are rare since most 1-1/4 inch master cylinders were side mounted rather than the CMP base mount and most base mount master cylinders are 1 inch diameter (and easy to find in this size.

So Grant,

Can you ream a 1" Master cylinder to an 1-1/4"? or Can you sleeve an 1-1/4 to an inch?

I agree the Chev M/c's are a side mount affair.. can I ream & re-sleeve them?
Ian

Grant Bowker · #5 27-01-09, 14:10

I'm sure a 1-1/4 inch cylinder could be sleeved to 1 inch, but why would you want to in the CMP context?
I'm not sure if both were from the same casting but they do have different part numbers cast into them. Without measuring to check, I'd be nervous taking 1/8 inch off each wall of the master cylinder.
I have seen someone make an adapter so that a side mount cylinder can be put in place of the CMP base mount type, no plans for this have been seen.

sth65pac · #6 29-01-09, 11:34

Grant,

I was thinking if you reamed a Chev Master Cylinder out to 1-3/8 and then sleeved it, that would be logical.. the strength is ok... if Chev M/c's are so hard to get then this is the logical step.. press in a SS sleeve and ream to 1-1/4"?
Ian