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Did a brake flush damage my master cylinder?



 
 
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Old July 7th 05, 03:07 PM
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"N8N" > wrote in message
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> My experiences are exactly opposite, I've only done brake work on
> exactly one car over the years where I a) didn't replace the master
> cylinder up front and b) didn't end up replacing the master cylinder
> after it failed shortly thereafter. Of course, Murphy is always
> hanging out with me...
>
> nate


We went through a spell a good number of years ago where master cylinders
went pretty fast
on their own. Maybe Chryslers were worst, but either the metallurgy was bad
or the fluid
had a glitch. These could not be successfully rebuilt either, since the
pitting, leakage potential
was so bad. This was a case where OEM was terrible, but some aftermarket
parts (EIS, among
others) worked out okay.

Basically, if you ruin a master cylinder by bleeding using it, I wonder how
much time you had
anyway. A lot of people dont realize that brake fluid can oxidize and
become acidic, and that
when water gets into it, corrosion is likely to follow. When you get that
first deposit of corrosion
byproduct on the metal, you have created a corrosion cell that can
accelerate matters.

The wise bird flushes out the brake fluid every few years, but not many of
us do that. In fact,
I am sitting here knowing that I should have flushed my Teves system before
now, and am not
relishing doing it. Replacing that sucker costs about ten times more than a
Honda master cylinder.


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Old July 7th 05, 03:34 PM
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Can't the honest mechanic give the guy the benefit of the doubt and cut him
a break? sheeesh.


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Old July 7th 05, 03:50 PM
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("ed" >) scribbled:

> Can't the honest mechanic give the guy the benefit of the doubt and cut him
> a break? sheeesh.


Agreed. Unfortunately, with these chain stores,
margin is where it's at, and a good-faith refund
will cut into that margin. The Manager has already
demonstrated his stance on this.

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