[tcb] Re: repair story
- From: Gary Alexander <garypalexander@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:31:52 -0600
Its 'new' brake parts that are the issue, particularly wheel cylinders.
They are making them super cheap in china and the results are leaking after
a very short time or bad threads, horrible manufacturing tolerances are the
issue. And its just not VW parts, fellow in my office has gone thru 2 sets
of rotors for his F150, they keep warping after 1000miles or so.
Try your best to find out where the cylinders are made. And if it says
CHina, go soemwhere else.
And, I used to throw away old wheel cylidners, now, if I come across German
ones, i throw them in a box for a later rebuild.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:11 PM, atxan <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Right on, I'd prefer some good disk brakes over almost any other
> upgrade. Stopping on a downhill slope can raise the blood pressure.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent via iPhone
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> On Nov 17, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> I have disks on my wish list.
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> On Nov 17, 2011, at 5:05 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Knock on wood, I have never had that problem. It just seems that the
> cylinders are prone to leak a lot more than they should. I would think
> cylinders, both wheel and master, should last a lot longer than they do.
>
> --- On *Thu, 11/17/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>* wrote:
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> From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 4:57 PM
>
> It’s the treading where the line goes to the cylinders. I could not get
> a good thread no matter how I tried. Had to take off the cylinder, thread
> in the line and put the cylinder back on the backing plate and I used
> plumbers tape. I don’t know that the tape is a good idea in an automotive
> use, but it did stop the leak.
>
>
>
> *From:* tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *sammie smith
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:00 PM
> *To:* <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [tcb] Re: repair story
>
>
>
> Well, I don't know what causes so many brake cylinder leaks in the old
> busses. I have changed so many wheel and master cylinders on my busses I
> think I could do it in my sleep. The current leak, lower cylinder on the
> left, is not more than 3 years old. About 3 years ago I rebuilt the entire
> front brakes on that thing with all new cylinders.
>
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> I heard that Steve Chamberlain is an expert on the split bus brake
> systems. Maybe he has some ideas.
>
> --- On *Thu, 11/17/11, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>* wrote:
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>
> From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 8:20 AM
>
> I've got the same problem currently Sammie, which is the reason I haven't
> driven it in a while.
>
> On Nov 16, 2011, at 3:24 PM, sammie smith
> <<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There's always something wrong with the old busses. I drove the panel van
> to the VW club meeting the other night and the front brakes were pulling
> hard to the right. OK, got a chance to look at it this morning; sure
> enough wheel cylinder leak on the left had given the shoes a good coating
> of brake fluid. Order two new cylinders. Will be here in a couple of
> days. It's always something to keep them happy.
>
> --- On *Wed, 11/16/11, Denis Dodson
> <<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> coocoo@xxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Denis Dodson
> <<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] repair story
> To: <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 12:23 PM
>
> So, I have gone back to work, painting apartments and condos and houses
> for a rental management company and Murray is my work truck. He loves it
> and he goes to work every day, but he started a miss and a hesitation from
> a standing start and got worse soon. I cleaned my points with a little
> sandpaper and it seemed to run a little better, but still bad. I changed my
> spark plugs, I put in new set of points that was in my tool box. No joy. I
> bought and put in Petronix ignition (because I hated setting the gap on the
> points) and set my timing and still I had a miss. It wasn’t sporadic
> anymore it was a steady power loss.
>
>
>
> OK. Not the coil, no cracked dizzy cap, rotor OK, new ignition, new plugs,
> what the hell, I’ll change the spark plug wires. In doing so I couldn’t get
> one old one to come out. I had disconnected it at the dizzy and at the
> plug, but it wouldn’t pull free.
>
>
>
> I had changed my alternator months ago and, apparently, when I put the top
> shroud back on, I pinched the wire between the shroud tin and the head tin.
> What an idiot.
>
>
>
> I lopped off the old one and put in the new wire and… Murray runs like a
> rocket.
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> Isn’t it a great satisfaction when you solve a problem and your bus runs
> well after?
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