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| | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 | More shopping list help, gentlemen (and ladies):
I need to rebuild at least one brake cylinder on my 'bolt. What is the cylinder ID so that I can buy a properly sized hone?
Might as well buy this hone when I'm at the store getting the master cylinder hone discussed previously in another thread.
Thanks,
Bill | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | 1/2T is normally 1", 3/4T 1-1/8"
Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 | Thanks, Bill. Without doubt, you are the Hone Guru of Stovebolt.
I was already planning on rebuilding the MC, and last night I noticed a radial splash pattern on the inside of one of my tires. I figure that the cylinder gave out, so while I have the lines open, I thought I might as well do the cylinders for good measure.
Thanks for your expertise.
Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 | I went to Napa's online catalog page for brake parts and found the front cylinders are quite a bit different from the rears. The fronts show to be 1-1/8" ID but the rears are 1" ID. I realize that this wouldn't affect the hone purchase, but I just wanted to make sure that this info is accurate: the fronts and rears really are different? Kits are $4 each. At $8 for a brand new rear cylinder, I won't bother to rebuild them. But the front cylinders are going for $38 each- enough to justify rebuilding them. I guess this shows how clueless I am about brake cylinder sizes. I thought Chevy would have used the same one on all four corners for standardizing. Bill | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 |  I just keep a handy part # list of common stuff for my truck, we both have the good sense to own the best year  actually, yes, rears RAYBESTOS 2013387/8 [1.00"ID], front RAYBESTOS WC14493/4 [1.125"ID] .... but the bigger fit the rear too, and 1" was what was original Bill
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | here's a rundown - I think changes have developed over the years  "standardized" on the 4x4 ... and yeah, I got somea those cheap ones at NAPA, couldn't believe it - Chinese, but good Bill | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | Personally, IMOHO, I never liked the brake cylinder hones. I take mine apart and clean them up really good and run them down to my local machine shop. For $10 to $15 they will run a straight sunnen hone through all 4 of them. They can remove a few thousands and they will be perfectly straight. A new kit and I'm ready to go. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 863 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 863 | Hey Red58,
Any links to the bigger trucks for brake info?
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