Evening folks,
Today I spent the afternoon removing the brake master, clutch master and servo master cylinder.
I've been wondering what I would discover since Jennifer said her brakes felt soft after having them serviced recently, well tomorrow I'll do the 'autopsy' but thus far I found the servo master cylinder vacuum booster full of brake fluid, gooey residue around both the Brake master cylinder and the clutch master cylinder, and lastly the clutch return spring is broken. The pictures below will describe the events of the day.
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| Brake servo master cylinder and vacuum booster in the center of the picture, pan below and heater fan motor above |
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| looking down on the brake and clutch master cylinders |
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| Had to remove the splash pan behind the wheel to gain access to the servo master cylinder, will clean this up and paint. |
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| Panel from a different angle |
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| Opened up for access. |
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| Notice the white goop on the rubber sleeve of the master cylinder |
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| Took this picture to show how much leakage around the mounts of the cylinders, upper area, brownish colored stuff |
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Removed and draining waiting for the autopsy tomorrow.
Well, that's it for today. Will get and order off to SNG Barrett tomorrow and see what we've got here. My initial impression is that they are pretty rough and need to be replaced.
Cheers,
Lynn
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Looks pretty nasty. Replacing the master cylinders and booster will be a big step forward and should last for years to come if driven fairly regularly, right? The front brake caliper looks good. Are you replacing the seals in the brakes?
ReplyDeleteHi Drew, looks like the calipers are fairly new (she has a receipt for some resent work). I checked the back calipers today and I think they may be fine too (there was a drip on the bottom of one but I think it might have been from a recent bleeding. There was a lot of 90 wt 'grease' but the calipers may be OK.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your thoughts!
Cheers,
Lynn