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Well the Saga continues. I haven't had a lot of time to work on things, been doing home reno's. But I did manage to get the wheel cylinders rebuilt on the front of the car.

Here are some before pics...

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Couldn't figure out how to get the pistons out of the bores. I soaked them for a couple days in PB Blaster and they moved "in" but wouldn't pop out. Then I had a thought...compressed air! That did the trick....;)

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I didn't initially realize that the pistons were a two piece unit. Once I discovered that it took a little bit of work to get them all apart. I used a 600 grit wet sand paper to clean the corrosion off, then heated them with the propane torch...and a couple pliers to hold them and twisted them apart.

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All apart and ready for a good cleaning.

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Wow, those look like new parts. Let us know how they work out. I like jobs like that where you don't have to crawl around on the ground and twist yourself up like a contortionist. You can actually sit down and do the work. Very civilized.

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Thanks for posting; I need to do a lot of brake work this year and it's so helpful to see parts and progress. I'm a little intimidated as I've not had the drums off yet - only owned the car for 2 years.

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thrash, nice work. should stop the car fine. i replaced all my wheel cylinders and master but the wheel cylinders keep rusting. i think they are made from poor chinese recycled metal. i need to find a source for american made cylinders. the napa and raybestos are only assembled here, not made here. does anyone know of a source for made in america cylinders? capt den

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Thanks for the kind comments...appreciate it! Will continue to update with pics and info as I move along.

To Captden29...if you want USA made, find a set of decent originals, or not so decent, and either hone them out, or have them re-sleeved.

Mine did not look pretty when I initially pulled them apart, and I wondered if they would clean up with the hone....I was pleasantly surprised how nice they all cleaned up.:)

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