[MR2] Anyone rebuilt a master cylinder before?

John E. Perry j.e.perry at cox.net
Sat Jan 3 15:25:50 EST 2009


William Brandt wrote:
> That's my feeling Steve. From time to time I hear of people rebuilding
> their own calipers and while it is a relatively simple procedure it's
> the brakes and I'd rather buy something reman or new
> 

Well, in nearly 50 years of driving mostly near-junkers so my wife could
have the good car (my '04 Spyder is the first new car I've had since I
was in the Navy in the early '60's), I've rebuilt half a dozen master
cylinders and even more slave cylinders and calipers, and never had
either difficulty or a faulty result.  It's really close to trivial, and
if you have the dedicated tools, it is trivial.

John Perry



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