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General Category => Henry J & Allstate Forum => Topic started by: Terry T on August 05, 2020, 03:13:27 PM

Title: HENRY J REAR BRAKE CYLINDER
Post by: Terry T on August 05, 2020, 03:13:27 PM: FINALLY got my cylinders.
hole for bleed valve is off by about 1/16"--too close to mounting hole
anybody have this experience?
safe to drill it bigger?
Title: Re: HENRY J REAR BRAKE CYLINDER
Post by: Fid on August 05, 2020, 07:15:35 PM: Exact same thing happened with me. I bought them, and couldn't install them as they were off by about 1/32" - just enough to make it impossible to use. I did use the innards to rebuild the ones I had.
Title: Re: HENRY J REAR BRAKE CYLINDER
Post by: Terry T on August 05, 2020, 07:28:50 PM: i used a Dremel to open up the hole
I though maybe this misfit was indicative of other problems
it's in..see what happens
Title: Re: HENRY J REAR BRAKE CYLINDER
Post by: Corsairdeluxe on August 06, 2020, 02:17:01 PM: Were they Centric?
Title: Re: HENRY J REAR BRAKE CYLINDER
Post by: Terry T on August 06, 2020, 04:29:20 PM: Quote from: Corsairdeluxe on August 06, 2020, 02:17:01 PM
Were they Centric?
yes
Title: Re: HENRY J REAR BRAKE CYLINDER
Post by: joefrazer on August 07, 2020, 07:34:38 AM: Curiously, I purchased a set of Centric wheel cylinders for my 54 J and everything fit without issue. But, that was about two years ago.
Title: Re: HENRY J REAR BRAKE CYLINDER
Post by: Terry T on August 07, 2020, 07:36:46 AM: Quote from: joefrazer on August 07, 2020, 07:34:38 AM
Curiously, I purchased a set of Centric wheel cylinders for my 54 J and everything fit without issue. But, that was about two years ago.
maybe the ones I got were made on a Friday