SoCalIsMyLife

I've searched but only found threads where people asked whether they should replace or rebuild their clutch master cylinder. I found an exploded view of the clutch master cylinder and you can order all of the o-rings separately. has anyone tried actually rebuilding their cylinder, and what were the results? my friend just took off his leaking cylinder and I was interested in rebuilding it.

Boofster

I'm thinking a new part is cheap enough to not make your time not worth it.

But I may be wrong

2poor2mod

IMHO its not worth it to waste your time doing this when one can be had for $72

SoCalIsMyLife

oh mine's not messed up. i'm just bored and have nothing to do until school starts again on the 28th

2poor2mod

if you're bored and want to learn more about it then i say go ahead and learn all you can

SoCalIsMyLife

actually the honda parts website only has one gasket (9)

nightcrawler7188

yea someone very knowledgeable told me they are rebuildable, but i don't see where you'd buy the seals from because on the honda part site it just lists the whole cylinder. am i your friend?

leets

No, I'm his friend! I just took off my leaking one and looked into rebuilding it. Couldn't hurt to have a spare.

I couldn't find anything either. One thing I did notice in my search, tho. The cms from AutoZone is actually MORE EXPENSIVE than the one from Honda.

coxjajb

I rebuilt one on a C4 corvette I use to own. I was tired of buying them new. They would begin to leak after little less than a year. The rebuild lasted about 6 months. It was easy and cost about $10 vs. $100 ish.

SoCalIsMyLife

okay here it is. the master cylinder down to its bare bones. The seals on the piston actually have a fair amount of resistance sliding through the body, so they seen okay? So that raises two questions. Was it just all that dirt in there causing a leak, and will a simple cleaning and reassembly solve the leak? hmmm... time to experiment.


and by the way... nightcrawler is not the friend.....



j/k thanks for the MC Rashad.