NEW wheel cylinders leaking

[carsandkites at gmail.com (Kervin Ridgley)]

Well, when I put on a new e-brake cable and fluid flush, I forgot to
put the drum back on before I stepped on the brake pedal.  That over
extended the cylinder and that was the end of that.  It did have that
oh-so-great lifetime warranty, so I just took it back and got another
one.  That was two years ago and it has been fine since then.

Kervin


On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:01:43 -0500, Matt Gregory <vdub.grego@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I've replaced my wheel cylinders in my '86 8v with new ones from
> Autozone or somewhere local and all seemed fine.  That is, until today
> I noticed some wetness dripping down the inside of the tire and rim.
> So I get under there with a flashlight and sure enough ... nice bright
> blue brake fluid drips forming on the low part of the drum backing
> plate on both sides.
> 
> I can't say it surprises me because the parts I got from my LAPS just
> didn't feel like very high quality parts.  The pistons didn't feel
> like they were sealed all that well.  Has anyone else run into this
> problem?  I can't imagine how I could have messed up the install.  The
> line ends were clean and they threaded into the cylinders well, so I
> don't think there are any issues there.  I haven't taken them all
> apart again yet to see exactly where it's leaking but I'm 99.9%
> certain that i'll find fluid coming from the boots.
> 
> Any advice?  Order better quality parts from Adirondack or dealer?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> matt.
> 
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