Wednesday, December 06, 2006

One Rebuilt Master Cylinder; Ready To Install

Tom spent some time in the garage last night rebuilding my master cylinder. Here are the steps he followed:
  • Carefully disassembled the old assembly
  • Honed the bore
  • Cleaned and blew dry the housing
  • Lubricated the bore with brake fluid
  • Installed the new parts
  • Connected temporary fittings and tubing to the two outlets
  • Filled the reservoir with fluid and ran the ends of the tubing into the reservoir
  • Bench bled all the air from the assembly

Now it's ready for installation. That'll take two people, one to hold it in place from the inside while the other puts the bolts in from the trunk side. Here's a picture of my master cylinder (from the Clark's Corvair Parts website)