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Russell
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Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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 Master cylinder removal I can't remember the last time I took one out, what's involved? Remove the two brake pipes, remove the two bolts holding it on, but apart from that does one simply pry the reservoir off, and without crawling about in the pissing rain tonight do I have to remove the pedal box to pass the cylinder through the bulkhead? I'm wondering if this is a lunch hour job or whether I need to lay the car up over the weekend?
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| February 16th, 2015, 10:11 pm |
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tfaerch
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Joined: February 9th, 2009, 11:27 am
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Re: Master cylinder removal You are right.
Bolts of, reservoir off, pipes off, and then pull the "pedales" into the car, cylinder forward.
Easy peasy.
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| February 16th, 2015, 10:21 pm |
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AZL57
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Joined: October 22nd, 2014, 10:59 pm
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Location: South-Limburg
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Re: Master cylinder removal If you have reservoir and pipes of you can pull cylinder complete with pedals to the inside..
After removing the pipes i always put 2 bolts in the holes to avoid dirt coming in. Good luck.
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| February 17th, 2015, 11:53 pm |
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Russell
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: Master cylinder removal That's what I plan to do, what are the roll pins for in the kit?
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| February 17th, 2015, 11:56 pm |
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Sean
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Joined: April 22nd, 2009, 11:06 pm
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Location: Ecosse
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Re: Master cylinder removal roll pins stop the pistons falling out - think Haynes is pretty good for illustration
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Rusty
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Joined: January 12th, 2010, 10:33 am
Posts: 193
Location: Koudekerk ad Rijn, Netherlands
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Re: Master cylinder removal had bad experiences with overhauling master cylinders, but also had some luck in some occasions.
my problem was in several attempts that the new rubber cups/ seals have slightly a wrong dimension and then your piston gets stuck or drags inside the cylinder...
hope you are one of the lucky ones.
Greetzzzzzz
Rusty
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| February 18th, 2015, 4:13 pm |
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AZS
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Joined: December 22nd, 2013, 5:01 am
Posts: 300
Location: Netherlands
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Re: Master cylinder removal Maybe they're a bit bigger because they expect you to hone the cylinder?
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| February 18th, 2015, 5:48 pm |
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subarupete
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Joined: March 5th, 2009, 6:23 pm
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Location: Near Monmouth
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