master cylender rebuild

[metalman1968]

Anyone Know who sells rebuild kits for brake master cylenders? 67-72

[cdowns]

master cylinders are so readily available and cheap it's not woorth the effort// your local aoutparts stores should have the cylinders as well as rebuild kits

[metalman1968]

Thanks, It has been some time since needing a master cylender for anything. And as I remember rebuild kits just were not available. To my suprise rebuild kit is $29.99 made in china, rebuilt master cylender is $21.99. ????

[ChevLoRay]

I checked into rebuild kits for the wheel cylinders, once. To my surprise, shops don't rebuild them because it becomes a liability for them if the cylinder that they rebuild blows a seal. I understand that sentiment from the standpoint of the shop, and from the business end of the parts house. What we used to be able to count on being able to do has been usurped by the legal eagles, and we became our own worst enemy. Surprise! I didn't know I was so bad for me.

I don't think I'd be trusting the Chinese part. Porous casting? Poor quality rubber? In theory, it shouldn't be but it can happen to any part. I tend to trust what we do in the good ole U. S of A. Maybe it is just because I'm tired of seeing our people out of work when the bean counters decide the best thing to do is send the work off-shore (so to speak) to someone who is paid a mere pittance and has to work in a sweat shop. Oh, if I touch a nerve by having this viewpoint, I'm sorry......but I ain't gonna change.

[metalman1968]

Yep. Quite shopping at wallyworld. Have you pulled the seat off your harley? And they wonder whats wrong with this country. We ship 80% of our hay and grain over seas. We ship our scap iron and trees, and then buy lumber and steel back. Fire up our mills and factorys and put some people back to work.... Dorn I got started. Sorry...........

[bigdon-70blazer]

I rebuilt my master cylinder and all wheel cylinders on my 1970 Blazer project and got all the rebuild kits from NAPA. They all said I was silly for doing it and it was about half more expensive for me to do it. My reason? I have never done this job before and this was a learning experience. I did learn the principles and now I am better off for it. You know the old adagr, give a man a fish......?