Brake cylinders

[JohnPierce]

I am rebuilding my '63 B T6, which is missing many of the brake cylinders and the remaining ones are very pitted. I'm probably going to have to buy new ones. Some of these cost $44, some $53, some $153, and others are over $200 and $300. Was hoping to get people's opinions on these. Are the less expensive ones of good quality? Hate to waste money!!

Thanks.

[Bil Brown]

I bought a set from "356 Devotion" and the shoes would not fit into the pressure pads on the cylinders, probably because they were plated. I emailed them, and they would not do anything about it. I offered to send them back at my own expense....nothing!

[David Jones]

Buy the cheaper set from Stoddard and be sure that if there is any problem they will make it right.

[JohnPierce]

Thanks David. Are there known issues with the cheaper ones?

[David Jones]

John, I have used a few sets and have had no problems with the ones from Stoddard.

[Bil Brown]

Adam from "356 Devotion" & I have been trading emails, and Adam`s seeing how the fit is on his stock of wheel cyls.....so we can resolve this.

[Phil Planck]

I had to open up the slots in the Stoddard ones to fit the thickness of my shoes. They are narrower than original.

[David Green]

As an option for your existing ones consider White Post re-sleeving. They may also have matching replacements. I wanted to keep the originals in my 1953 so had them re-sleeve mine. Not cheap ($85?) but fast and high quality service.
David

http://whitepost.com/brake-sleeving-reb ... -services/

[Steve Douglas]

I bought a set from Sierra Madre at the Lit Meet/Open Shop weekend. Set of 6 cylinders were around $190. Master Cylinder was around $85. They worked ok, however the slot where the brake shoes fit in was too narrow for the original shoes, required a slight grinding of the shoe to fit. The latest offering of shoes are just a little bit thinner and slip right in. Hoses were about $60 for all four.
On a set I installed two years ago the star adjuster "wheel" would not spin under pressure, needed to file the edges a little so they would not catch on the cast iron cylinder, don't remember where those were bought.