Master cylinder
- mcjjordan
- E21 Fanatic
- Posts: 227
- Joined: Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:55 pm
- My E21(s): Uk 1980 316 m52
- Location: eastleigh/southampton in Hampshire , England
- Contact:
Master cylinder
Just found my master cylinder has been leaking fluid into servo
Am i right in thinking they are no longer servicable?
Anyone got anyways around this problem?
Was thinking servo & cylinder from another model...
Am i right in thinking they are no longer servicable?
Anyone got anyways around this problem?
Was thinking servo & cylinder from another model...
- Jeroen
- Site Admin
- Posts: 29994
- Joined: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:23 pm
- My E21(s): '81 323i Baur
- Location: The Netherlands
- Contact:
Re: Master cylinder
Regards/groeten, Jeroen
Re: Master cylinder
I got a seal set from http://www.biggred.co.uk/ for the master cylinder
They are very helpful if you call them.
They are very helpful if you call them.
E21 323i [kashmere] Off the road pending restoration
E21 3231[Graphite metalic] Restoration and conversion to M52
E36 318i Had it nearly 10 years work in progress
E36 328i Daily driver
E39 520i Family car school run workhorse
E36 328i Touring
E21 3231[Graphite metalic] Restoration and conversion to M52
E36 318i Had it nearly 10 years work in progress
E36 328i Daily driver
E39 520i Family car school run workhorse
E36 328i Touring
- David Mc
- E21 starter
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:58 pm
- Location: Queensland Australia
- Contact:
Re: Master cylinder
That's doing things the expensive way - if you can get the seals, take your master cylinder into a master cylinder repair shop (or engineering works) and get them to sleeve the original with a stainless steel insert. I have had this done on numerous cars and tractors over the past 30 years and have never had to touch a sleeved unit again!
- mcjjordan
- E21 Fanatic
- Posts: 227
- Joined: Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:55 pm
- My E21(s): Uk 1980 316 m52
- Location: eastleigh/southampton in Hampshire , England
- Contact:
Re: Master cylinder
I spoke to pastparts who do that service and it was more expensive!
Re: Master cylinder
I've repaired a few now using replacement seals. It's easy. As Jeroen said there's plenty of info on this.
Once I found a new old stock lhd one for dirt cheap and I used the internals in a rhd one, worked fine.
I haven't had to 're sleeve one ever but thats a bloody good idea actually didn't know you could do that!
Once I found a new old stock lhd one for dirt cheap and I used the internals in a rhd one, worked fine.
I haven't had to 're sleeve one ever but thats a bloody good idea actually didn't know you could do that!
[img]http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a285/nasbucket/forumsig.jpg[/img]
-
Reck
- E21 Pro
- Posts: 823
- Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:26 am
- My E21(s): 83 316, 1.8 M10, RHD
- Location: Manchester, UK
Re: Master cylinder
Why resleeve? To stop the pitted walls shredding the new seals?
Re: Master cylinder
Yea that's it.
[img]http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a285/nasbucket/forumsig.jpg[/img]
-
Gazman
- Newbee
- Posts: 17
- Joined: Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:18 am
- My E21(s): 1981, Reseda green 323i, manual.
- Location: Oxfordshire, UK
Re: Master cylinder
I had my master cylinder stainless sleeved and refurbished By Fritz's bits. Was about £210 and took 3 weeks to turn it around but it was a good job, it came back better than new.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell