Thread: Master Cylinder?

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Tech1, thanks for your expertise, I wondered about the tape myself. The funny thing is that the right side front disk brake connection sealed up right away but I gave up on the left side after many tries to seal without tape and then I bought another of the thru pipes from Speedway and that leaks too. I also bought another fitting to go into the pipe but that leaked too, although slightly so I went back to the old fitting which had already deformed slightly to the existing double flares and that seals OK with a little wrench action. On the thru pipes there is no shoulder to seal to, just a pipe thread. The tech guy at Speedway said to use pipe sealer so I tried liquid teflon sealer but as you say the pressure just squeezed the teflon paste out of the threads. So far only teflon tape has sealed the left front while the right front works fine. I guess I can keep on buying fittings until one seals without the tape? Anyway on the MC it is too late tonight to snap a picture and it is in a tight place but maybe tomorrow I will take a picture for DennyW. At this point I regret using the stainless tubing and the AN3 fittings and wish I had just used standard steel tubing. The moral is that while a pro may do a beautiful job as shown on some other posts, stainless tubing is a tough learning curve for amateurs. I may have to scrap the whole system becasuse as Tech1 says the brake system is Oh so important!

lts10, I don't know how I missed this notice since I am in Auto-Zone at least three times a week but maybe we gave it some additional publicity now.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder