Nick
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Feb 14, 2007 14:18:59 GMT
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Anyone got any tips to deal with a leaky slave cylinder that is reducing the braking force, i need to get it through an mot and this barsteward of a problem has just shown its face to me... or is there nothing i can do and literally have to fork out some cash for a new un..
help appreciated:)
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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Brake slave cylindersBenzBoy
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Feb 14, 2007 14:27:45 GMT
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'Scuse me if I'm being a bit thick here... but do you mean the caliper piston is leaking? If so, I'd just whizz one off a car down the scrappy and bosh it on. I've rebuilt calipers before and it's a bit of an ar$e-on.
Apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick...
*Edit* I was indeed being thick. I get it now...
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Last Edit: Feb 14, 2007 16:24:46 GMT by BenzBoy
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Seth
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Feb 14, 2007 14:36:38 GMT
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Well, you shouldn't really cut corners with brakes.
If you can get a rubber seal kit you could try stripping your existing ones and putting new seals in. That will only work if the bore is nice and clean though - no scores etc. You might be able to do this without taking the cylinder off the car but that depends on how accessable it is and whether there are bits in the way.
Best solution is new cylinder though I'm afraid. What price for being able to stop at that next zebra crossing?
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Feb 14, 2007 15:47:54 GMT
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Get a new cylinder, I've been in three brake failures now and neither was very funny. Luckily two were stationary and the other we could coast to halt on clear road.
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Feb 14, 2007 16:01:33 GMT
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 What car are you doing? If it's just a wheel cylinder they are often very reasonably priced.
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Nick
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Feb 14, 2007 16:09:26 GMT
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yeh i decided about 10mins after posting this that most of my problems stem from being a bit of a traveller and trying to scrimp and save and find shortcuts. so i went and bought 2 new slave cylinder £15.22 BANK BREAKING:O ... for the record i'm finally doing that sodding mk3 fiesta thats been stuck on my drive for a month now, although when taking the hub off, i pretty much managed to dissassemble every bit of the rear brake setup and cant for the life of me workout how it goes back together. haha. funtimes. lack of retro content and boring technical questions = a fiesta i like   |
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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Feb 14, 2007 16:34:23 GMT
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:)Maybe someone with a Mk3 Fiesta could post a pic of their brake shoe set up, either from the car itself or from a Haynes manual?
It's VERY important to get it right!
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Nick
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Feb 14, 2007 16:43:51 GMT
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brakes important, nahhhh.. mind you it is for an mot so i probably should have them working right.
ive found a manual of an escort manual of the same era, that appears to have a very similar brake setup if not the same, got an mot for friday, so i'll have a bit more of a fiddle and if it doesnt come together then i'll nip down halfrods with the camera phone and find the haynes manual i opened earlier haha:P
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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What car are you doing? If it's just a wheel cylinder they are often very reasonably priced.