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Old 01-19-2019, 11:46 PM   #5
cas3
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Default Re: 1940 Ford Brakes

all my life i was taught to only use brake fluid as a honing fluid, and as an assembly fluid. plain ol dot 3, however, here in the mosquito swamp i have had seizures too. lets face it, brake fluid absorbs moisture, so why put it on the pistons??? i started using a skim coat of antiseize years ago, never had problems with that, (keep it off the rubber cups), and my last rebuild just last week i used sylglide. its made for disc brakes really, (steel pistons) but is good for rubber and supposedly does not dry out and get tacky. again just a skim coat as it is a silicone base that should not be mixed with the dot 3. not time proven by me yet, but others have made the claims, so we'll see
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