thanks for all the advice. this master cyl was in pretty bad shape. it had to get a slide hammer to remove the piston- that i cut threads into. i had to do this 3 times as the piston came out in 3 pieces. so that was how old it was and bad it was. it has sat unused for a long time. i guess i had not ran into this before. i tried touching them up on the wire wheel but i didn't like how it did. i always use brake fluid to hone before and it wasn't this bad. i finally got it done and it's all back together. hopefully i will get it back on this weekend. thanks again, hr
Last edited by hoggyrubber; 01/31/2009 5:09 AM.