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plumbcut · 09-12-2004, 08:06 PM

Welp approx 2 years after completely redoing the entire brake system on my truck, its time to do it again. The cheese-d!ck rebuilt master cylinder leaks and ruined the new vacuum booster, not to mention i need to turn all 4 rotors... but thats another story....

The vacuum booster- Im happy w/ the kragen brand, its new and seems of good quality.. but the master cylinder is something I want to spend a little more money on for a quality unit... are there any good suppliers of these things? Im going to avoid kragen/autozone/pepboys/etc at all costs.. Id really like to find one thats coated or painted too, but thats not a requirement.. the truck is a 1977 K25...

Well this just popped into my head- its 4 wheel disc, so maybe one for a disc/disc setup would be the ticket... Swervin Ervin- were you happy with your supplier? Didnt they do custom M.C.'s?

throw the names of some suppliers at me guys!

plumbcut

cliffsta · 09-12-2004, 11:13 PM

master cylinders suck

somewhere in another thread a while back we all vented experiences we or someone we know on how many master cylinders we've gone through

I'm prayin when my 1000000th replacement bites it, im not doing 55 coming up on a stoplight (as my dad has had happen)

elk hunter · 09-15-2004, 03:04 PM

buy a new master next time. i do brakes for a living, and WILL NOT use rebuilt master cylinders. the masters for these trucks are extremely inexpensive for name brand (bendix,raybestose,wagner and the like) and the off shore ones are even less expensive. dont be afraid of the off shore stuff. its not bad stuff. ill get beat up pretty bad for that statement no doubt but its true. i put a raymold (raybestose "affordable line") master on my blazer and i think it cost me $20-$25 bucks.

cliffsta · 09-15-2004, 05:50 PM

Yeah MCs are cheap, definately not as big a bill as if you rear end somebody

09-12-2004, 08:06 PM	#1
plumbcut california fill Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sunny So-Cal Posts: 694	Looking for a quality master cylinder... Welp approx 2 years after completely redoing the entire brake system on my truck, its time to do it again. The cheese-d!ck rebuilt master cylinder leaks and ruined the new vacuum booster, not to mention i need to turn all 4 rotors... but thats another story.... The vacuum booster- Im happy w/ the kragen brand, its new and seems of good quality.. but the master cylinder is something I want to spend a little more money on for a quality unit... are there any good suppliers of these things? Im going to avoid kragen/autozone/pepboys/etc at all costs.. Id really like to find one thats coated or painted too, but thats not a requirement.. the truck is a 1977 K25... Well this just popped into my head- its 4 wheel disc, so maybe one for a disc/disc setup would be the ticket... Swervin Ervin- were you happy with your supplier? Didnt they do custom M.C.'s? throw the names of some suppliers at me guys! plumbcut

09-12-2004, 11:13 PM	#2
cliffsta Stepsides RULE Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pineville, LA Posts: 1,921	master cylinders suck somewhere in another thread a while back we all vented experiences we or someone we know on how many master cylinders we've gone through I'm prayin when my 1000000th replacement bites it, im not doing 55 coming up on a stoplight (as my dad has had happen) __________________ 1981 Chevy C10 Custom Deluxe Stepside 350 V8, headers, side exhausts, 3-speed auto SOLD 1980 Chevy C10 Custum Deluxe Stepside 305 V8, Edelbrock Performer Intake, Edelbrock 1406 600CFM 4-barrel, TH350C. Bent rod. SOLD 1984 GMC Sierra Classic Longbed 6.2L Diesel SOLD 2009 Kawasaki KLX-250S too many mods for this signature 1999 Honda Accord EX 4-cylinder, 17" Motegi Wheels 215/45/17 Sumitomo tires, Tein S-Tech lowering springs, KYB GR2 shocks, Acura TL 20mm rear swaybar, debadged, blackhoused headlights, Short-Ram Intake Cardomain of the Accord

09-15-2004, 03:04 PM	#3
elk hunter Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: oregon city, or Posts: 164	buy a new master next time. i do brakes for a living, and WILL NOT use rebuilt master cylinders. the masters for these trucks are extremely inexpensive for name brand (bendix,raybestose,wagner and the like) and the off shore ones are even less expensive. dont be afraid of the off shore stuff. its not bad stuff. ill get beat up pretty bad for that statement no doubt but its true. i put a raymold (raybestose "affordable line") master on my blazer and i think it cost me $20-$25 bucks. __________________ yeah, but how's it wheel?

09-15-2004, 05:50 PM	#4
cliffsta Stepsides RULE Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pineville, LA Posts: 1,921	Yeah MCs are cheap, definately not as big a bill as if you rear end somebody __________________ 1981 Chevy C10 Custom Deluxe Stepside 350 V8, headers, side exhausts, 3-speed auto SOLD 1980 Chevy C10 Custum Deluxe Stepside 305 V8, Edelbrock Performer Intake, Edelbrock 1406 600CFM 4-barrel, TH350C. Bent rod. SOLD 1984 GMC Sierra Classic Longbed 6.2L Diesel SOLD 2009 Kawasaki KLX-250S too many mods for this signature 1999 Honda Accord EX 4-cylinder, 17" Motegi Wheels 215/45/17 Sumitomo tires, Tein S-Tech lowering springs, KYB GR2 shocks, Acura TL 20mm rear swaybar, debadged, blackhoused headlights, Short-Ram Intake Cardomain of the Accord



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