Master cylinder resleaving

[John O.]

Hi all

I need to get my Master Cylinder for my 62 vette resleaved.
Does anyone know who does resleaving of master cylinders in the Western New York area that is good? If not around WNY. Who else does them ? Do you have there contact info?

Thanks .....John

[Larry S.]

Re: Master cylinder resleaving

I have used white post restoration several times on masters,Real fast turn around and never had a problem with them.

Do a google search fro there web site.

I remember there being a debate on this web site weather to have it brass sleeved or a stainless sleave. I just dont remeber the out come of the debate,or if white post did brass or stainless.Hopefully some one else will shed some light on this for you. Good luck sounds like your real busy with your car

[Brian M.]

Re: Master cylinder resleaving

www.whitepost.com fastest turn around time in the hobby. Great work.

[Jeff S.]

Re: Master cylinder resleaving

White Post uses brass material for sleeve. They did great job on my '66 p/b master cylinder. (Ask for 'Billy'). They use kind of dark grey finish so you may want to repaint if a shade of black is appropriate for your car. Their install instructions will indicate that you should not use DOT 5 silicone fluid. I suspect it is because they assemble using DOT 3 or 4 as lubricant & don't want to deal with a customer 'mixing' DOT 5 with the light, lube coat of DOT 3/4 they have on the internals.

[John H.]

Re: Master cylinder resleaving

Just tell Billy when you send it in that it's an "NCRS Job" and you want it painted black instead of their default gray, and it'll come back painted black.

[John O.]

Re: Master cylinder resleaving

Hi Larry

Thanks for the info. Yes I am pretty busy with the car. It is a 100% total restoration with alot of pieces needing repair. But it's coming together.

Thanks...John

[Kurt B.]

Re: Master cylinder resleaving

I used Apple Hydraulics, you can find them on the web, and they resleeved my 68 master cylinder in stainless steel at my request (I think they do brass also). White Post would only do it in brass and I read on this forum long ago that brass can corrode whereas stainless steel is harder and therefore less likely to corrode. It may also be harder to work with since brass is soft, which may be why White Post doesn't like to do stainless. I paid $68 and had it back in a week or so and am very satisfied. I don't drive my car very much so corrosion was a factor.
Kurt Bunting # 26406

[Craig S.]

Re: Master cylinder resleaving

I used Apple and they did a great job......in my case I used brass vs stainless. White post only would do the complete rebuild versus just sleeving.......I decided to do the rebuild on my own so I used Apple. I think both will give great service....Craig

[John H.]

Re: Master cylinder resleaving

Neither brass nor stainless will corrode; the only difference is that the stainless sleeves are pressed in, but the brass sleeves are re-machined after being pressed in and allegedly provide a smoother continuous surface for the seals to travel over with no distortions.