Section : Clutch

Clutch master cylinder - service woes

Posted By : Philip Rosenberg, 07-Mar-2004, 03:14pm

• Clutch master cylinder - service woes

  Posted By : Tim Willis, 07-Mar-2004, 06:13pm

  Philip,
  
  You often get more seals than required in service kits, they usually cater for different variations of types of cylinder in the same kit.
  Just pick the ones you need to replace your worn items.
  In your case you will have a rubber lip seal on the piston, a dished washer and a seal at the end of the sprung part. Also the main dust seal over the end.
  
  Tim
  
  Willow Triumph

• Clutch master cylinder - service woes

  Posted By : William Davies, 07-Mar-2004, 11:09pm

  This will be an SP1963 service kit. The fact you have the additional seal suggests this is a TVS-Girling kit produced in India. The far more expensive EU sourced Lucas Girling kit no longer includes the additional seal, at least it hasn't been present in any of the kits I've seen in the past 5/6 years.
  The additional seal was provided on master cylinders supplied until the early 1960s - I'm not sure exactly when it was deleted, but it was certainly present on the 1959 and 1960 Heralds. The seal fits into a groove at the end of the piston, quite handy for preventing a failed main seal dumping it's fluid all over the bulkhead, but there's no real operational need for it.
  Cheers,
  Bill.
  http://www.rarebits4clasics.co.uk