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Checking the wheel cylinders on my front wheels, the body is a little bit corroded, well, a bit more than a little bit, it's pitted evenly. What is better functioning a rebuilt cylinder or a new one. The question arises, since I don't know if the new cylinders are of good quality and not Made in China quality. I live in a place with a lot of hills and loosing braking power with a 2 ton monster might not be funny.

By the "body" do you mean the outside or inside. If you hone the inside of the cyl. & there are no pits it is good to use.

I meant the inside. Nice point, but pits look pretty deep. I'll try.

As posted by W R:

If the inside wall of the brake cylinder is not pitted, rebuild it.

If the inside wall of the brake cylinder is pitted/corroded, replace it. In this case, I'd even gamble on the quality of the replacement brake cylinder, no matter where it might have been built. Just completely bleed your brake system once a year, if you are concerned about quality.

I was able to have two of mine rebuilt using stainless steel sleeves. In the old days they used brass but it seems that stainless is the way to go now.

....over the years I have found that if the rust spots are right in the MIDDLE of the cylinder, where the rubber cups do not get compressed into then I've found them to be OK and have used them many times with no problems.

However, if ANY doubt then by all means go with new ones.

The middle part is the worst pitted, thats why the cylinders were not leaking. Before I disassembled the truck, took it for a ride on a very steep hill and everything went fine, but the high ratio no the transmission helped. I think I'll go with new ones. Thanks guys.