Re: 55 Clipper Brakes

Posted by Packard Don On 2024/1/1 16:10:20

Except for the master in my 1951 Henney-Packard which was the wrong one anyway, I've never had a cylinder that wasn't rebuildable and even that one might have been but I never tried due to it being incorrect. The proper replacement definitely needed to be sleeved, though, but it was rebuildable too. On your car, if you have brakes now, it is likely an easy fix to rebuild the cylinders with fresh parts and be sure to replace all three flexible hoses at the same time even if yours look okay on the outside. I had one once on our 1972 Mercedes 280 SEL 4.5 that looked fine while trying to find why the brakes were dragging and it was only after removing the hose and trying to blow 100lbs of air through it that I discovered it had closed up internally.