Wheel cylinders, repair or replace?

40 bucks for all four? If that's by the piece, it's too much. You can do better at your local parts store. Sometimes though, you have to wade through a few til' you get the ones with the internal boot on the rears.

My preference, money aside,(although the savings is substantial) if there not pitted too bad, hone and kit them. Besides there`s the satisfaction factor.

Maybe I mis-understood the question. On the RockAuto web site I have purchased wheel cylinders for all 4 wheels with shipping for around $40, total. The repair kits are around $20 with shipping for all 4.

I have rebuilt may parts of all kinds, but when new is almost the same as the pieces to rebuild a part, I go new. Like Bro said, if the cylinders are not badly rusted, rebuild is easy. Just messy.

With the convertible body on the twirller, I have lots of choices for how to spend my 8-12 hours per week of toy time.

This week end I tore down the 400 engine. good news is it was rebuilt sometime with .030" overbore, and has almost no ring ridge. Then sat for a long time. One exhaust and one intake, separate cylinders, froze (rusted) in place. So the engine was running on 6 cylinders. Looks like the crankshaft will need to be turned. But overall will be a less costly rebuild.

I'll start a new thread on the rebuild with pictures.

O.K., I`ll try this again ! "My preference, money aside" (even IF the savings are NOT substantial) My enjoyment comes from getting to the finished product, not much fun (for me) once it`s sitting there with a feather duster as my most used tool.

I'm with Bro, if they are not pitted, rebuild them. Most of the time it's just the rubber that goes bad. A couple swipes with a hone, reassemble and install. It makes more sense to do it this way when doing a total rebuild like Jasen is because the car is disassembled and not going anywhere anyway.

Now if your wheel cylinder blows out backing your ride out of the garage when you're setting off on a cruise with friends or your car club and time is of the essence, then ya, buy cheap replacement and role.

I used brand new ones on my red car. The ones on it were toast and were replacements. The coupes are Delco Moraine, original factory units. I took them apart last night and they appear to be rebuildable. They are 1-1/16 bores, which are 40 bucks a piece at NPD. They are listed as 64 early style, which makes sense because the coupe is a 64 built car. The 2nd style, 1-1/8, are cheaper.

I guess a hone job and a kit will bring them back to life.

Glad to see this thread is staying " LOL " status. I like the feather duster touch ! And even though this thread is in the "technical" section, its a little twisty, turney in content, so I don`t see the harm in commenting on your "govt taxing my feather duster"

Recently a person applied for a building permit for a new house.

It was going to be 100 ft tall and 400 ft wide, with 9 gun turrets at various heights, and windows all over the place and a loud outside entertainment sound system.

It would have parking for 200 cars, and I was going to paint it snot green with pink trim.

The City Council told me; "Forget it...AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!"

So I sent in the application again, but this time I called it a 'Mosque'.

Work starts on Monday.

I love this country. It's the Government I'm afraid of..