leaky wheel cylinder/replacement p/n?

[borninabus]

discovered a lot of brake fluid on my driveway this morning. it is coming from inside my rear brake drum.
do you normally need a new cylinder? or is it just a matter of rebuilding the old?
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88 Van WBX, A/T - 13 JSW TDI 6M/T - 2012 Touareg TDI Sport

[bugsy72]

I would put a new one on my self.

[VDubTech]

Wheel cylinders are cheap. It's simply not worth your time or effort to rebuild the old one. Replace it, buy both sides and do them both at the same time.
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[Blaubus]

never rebuild. for a 71, the german cylinders are up to $110 each! the brazilians are cheap. or you can convert to a later year by installing later german wheel cylinder @ $25 each, but you would need later shoes and later emergency brake lever hardware and spreader bar. backing plate and drum is the same from 71-79

[Rusty O'Toole]

You can put a kit in without taking the cylinder off the car. As you live in Arizona I doubt the old cylinder is rusty.


It's a simple matter to take the cylinder apart, clean it with brake clean and a rag, then put the new seals in. If you see too many rust pits it needs to be replaced.


Personally I would rather have a German cylinder with German or American seals in it, than a Brazilian or Mexican cylinder brand new. But the kits are hard to get now.

[borninabus]

i have found in my stash a new (mexican) wheel cylinder. p/n: 211611047C

will it work on a late 71?
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88 Van WBX, A/T - 13 JSW TDI 6M/T - 2012 Touareg TDI Sport

[Karl]

[borninabus]

thx karl!

221.......
i do have the later style brake drums.
they are not the same as an early 71.
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88 Van WBX, A/T - 13 JSW TDI 6M/T - 2012 Touareg TDI Sport

[73kombi]

[iratehippie]

Nah dude, now theres two of us...I try and recycle everything, at least once...new steel is shit...made in china...

[Rusty O'Toole]

Make that 3. I still have a hone I bought in 1968. Haven't used it in years. But if I could buy the good kits I would.

[2VWs1BMW]

If you got fluid on the pads, you're gonna need a new set of those as well.
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[borninabus]

i'll save the cylinders until i find someone who can hone them.
i wonder where to find the rebuild kits?

germansupply?

i wasn't sure what the prefered method was "these days"
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88 Van WBX, A/T - 13 JSW TDI 6M/T - 2012 Touareg TDI Sport

[Blaubus]

if you really want a ATE rebuild kit, i have one minus the boots. the kit has only the two hydraulic cups. i got it because a detached shoe lining on my 71 shredded the old boot. it was a local acquisition, not a mail order, so i dont know where you can get a whole kit.