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metalman1968 · 02-22-2009, 02:38 PM

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

cdowns · 02-22-2009, 02:54 PM

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 · 02-22-2009, 09:33 PM

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 · 02-22-2009, 10:54 PM

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 · 02-23-2009, 12:15 PM

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** · 02-23-2009, 05:04 PM

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......?

02-22-2009, 02:38 PM	#1
metalman1968 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: yakima wa. Posts: 95	master cylender rebuild Anyone Know who sells rebuild kits for brake master cylenders? 67-72

02-22-2009, 02:54 PM	#2
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: master cylender rebuild 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 __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

02-22-2009, 09:33 PM	#3
metalman1968 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: yakima wa. Posts: 95	Re: master cylender rebuild 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. ????

02-22-2009, 10:54 PM	#4
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: master cylender rebuild 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. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

02-23-2009, 12:15 PM	#5
metalman1968 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: yakima wa. Posts: 95	Re: master cylender rebuild 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...........

02-23-2009, 05:04 PM	#6
bigdon-70blazer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Poplar Bluff, MO Posts: 1,502	Re: master cylender rebuild 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......?



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