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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:50 am 
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I am trying to remove the brake master cylinder from the servo on my 1979 Dolomite 1850.

The car has been sat for 15 years and I suspect that the spigot diameter has corroded inside the servo. I have sprayed loads of plus gas on it but no success.

I have tried tapping it in all directions too.

any other suggestions please?

Malcolm


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 12:39 pm 
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I'd suggest some gentle heat but that might not be such a good idea with all the PlusGas. It might need a bit more time to work it's magic.

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Yep, some stick like you wouldn't believe.

Heat can help as can gentle percussion; I say gentle as on the car I bought that had no wheels, my 'tapping' caused the reservoir (which had admittedly gone brittle) to shatter!


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:10 am 
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Maximum leverage on the end of the cylinder both up and down and side to side.

They always come off in the end.

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Have someone press (hard) on the brake pedal at the same time, may help ?

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:36 pm 
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Have someone press (hard) on the brake pedal at the same time, may help ?
Apparently pushing hard on a brake pedal with no fluid in the system is the sure fire way to destroy the unique bakelite component in a Sprint servo, especially, for some reason, those fitted with a single line cylinder...but the good news is reported in my post about servos...


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