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Bluerodent
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 Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 9:52 am Post subject: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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| I have a leaky front wheel cylinder on my 1965 Square. While I am in there, it's probably worthwhile to rebuild both cylinders, and maybe even the left and right sides. The problem, of course, it getting new seals. However, I see that 22.2mm seals are readily available for certain Fiat and Mercedes models. In the pictures, the seals look the same/similar to the VW seals. It seems to me that they should work fine. Does anyone have any experience in doing this? |
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Dfasty
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 11:59 am Post subject: Re: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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isp has the seals your looking for.
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Bluerodent
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 12:57 pm Post subject: Re: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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| Dfasty wrote: |
| isp has the seals your looking for. |
Unfortunately they are out of stock. |
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Bluerodent
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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A bit more searching, and I found them on West Coast Metric!
But I still wonder if the Fiat and Mercedes seals would work. I can't imagine that there is too much difference in wheel cylinder design. |
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Dfasty
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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i would think they would work. 22.2mm is a common size. Rear type 3 wheel cylinders from 66 on are 22.2mm.
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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If they look the same, they are probably fine.
I've bought new seals from NAPA before.
They were Bus and not Type 3.
I went in there with the size and a cylinder ready to do some searching and make sure they looked good but they were actually able to look them up so easier than expected.
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Stinky123
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 7:43 am Post subject: Re: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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I think that 22mm translates to 7/8"
Try rockauto.com
Napa, they'll have the part, and should be able to look it up. There is much to be said for paying $5 more and being able to return it w/o a hassle, and to not have to wait for the part to show up. |
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notchboy
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| Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 9:09 am Post subject: Re: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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| Stinky123 wrote: |
I think that 22mm translates to 7/8"
Try rockauto.com
Napa, they'll have the part, and should be able to look it up. There is much to be said for paying $5 more and being able to return it w/o a hassle, and to not have to wait for the part to show up. |
I bought some 22 mm rears rears and rebuilt 2 sets 2 sets of my fronts
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notchboy
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 9:52 am Post subject: Re: 1965 front wheel cylinder seals |
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| Erik G wrote: |
| exactly - take apart some varga superbeetle 22mm cylinders and use the seals and cups |
Exactly. I used the pistons as well since the stock ones needed to be removed with a light saber.
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