55 Master Cylinder rebuild

[Keith Tholin]

I need to rebuild my master cylinder and have just purchased a rebuild kit. Any special advice for this? Does the cylinder need to be honed?

Thanks.

[Craig S.]

Re: 55 Master Cylinder rebuild

My guess is a hone would be the absolute minimum required, the bore needs to be free of pits or corrosion. I sent my master cylinder to Apple Hydraulics and had them brass sleeve it, they did great! You can then rebuild it yourself....cost is about $60. You can get a complete rebuild through them for $175-195 or so, White Post Restorations also does excellent work, but they will not just sleeve, they only perform the complete rebuild, their cost is $150. Both are online, http://www.applehydraulics.com or http://www.whitepost.com Good luck!....Craig

[roy braatz]

Re: 55 Master Cylinder rebuild

Try honeing it first, then install the kit and try it, then if not good send it out.