Front brake cylinder rebuild?

by **ckhorne** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 1:44 pm

I know you can buy replacement front brake cylinders on ebay.

However, has anyone tracked down a compatible rebuild kit, instead of buying them new?

by **Esteban** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:12 pm

You can get the cup as a spare. When Nissan sold repair kits for the brakes, they only included the cup and the dust seal. Hope you seal is good.

The compatible parts list the following # 44112-E5010

Some of the Nissan parts online places list them. I hope they have them. I will try to find the Tokiko part number for the cup.

All the cups for front and rear cylinders are the same. 1"-diameter.

by **moore_rb** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:25 pm

The question I have is: can the cylinders be sleeved...?

I tried to wet-hone a couple of my original Nabco front cylinders, and I still could not get the new cups to seal up against the bore - they just kept losing pressure when the truck would sit for a while.

I would LOVE to find a stainless sleeve that fits, or find someone with better brake cylinder rebuilding skills than I posses - I have about 12 original Nabco cylinders that I think could be rebuilt.... :think:

by **jwgreen** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:41 pm

Doesn't that place that sleeves Master Cylinders also do Brake Cylinders?

by **RiverPatrol** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:35 am

I thought Then and Now would resleeve them. If not the, there was another place. I recall that it was pretty pricey though.

by **Esteban** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:48 am

The other place is White Post Restorations.

http://www.whitepost.com/brake.html

They are about 30 min from my office. They don't list the prices, and you have to call for them: (540) 837-1140

by **ckhorne** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:10 pm

Thanks for the replies.

It sounds like it may be best to buy them new from the link on ebay...

by **Peter60** » Thu May 14, 2015 7:26 am

I recently had the Brake Master Cylinder rebuilt. Mine was a single reservoir and all replacements I found were duel.

The master cylinder was re-sleeved in stainless steel ($100), new cup etc ($50) - the kit seemed readily available and labour $50. The all up cost was $200.

I enquired about getting the slave cylinders re-sleeved. Basically the cost was the same as the MC. So for the front brakes a total of $800. I picked up a new set on ebay (4WD Products) for $138 delivered. Ordered one day delivered the next.

by **ckhorne** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:01 am

Peter60 wrote:I picked up a new set on ebay (4WD Products) for $138 delivered. Ordered one day delivered the next.

I ended up going this route as well. Total cost for the slave cylinders and to ship to the US was $164 USD. They arrived very quickly for an international ebay purchase - around 4 days to my door.

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