-=> TOM WALKER wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 -> Brake fluid I don't trust beyond two years.
 -> It absorbs water and damages brake cylinders, pistons, ect.

 TW> Corvette Owners found that out hte hard Way after GM chenged to
 TW> Aluminum Calipers. They corroded and pitted far more then hte Cast Iron
 TW> Calipers.

 Aluminum! How stupid can you get?

 TW> In fact the prolbem was so bad a Third Party Market sprung up
 TW> rebuilding the Almunium Calipers with Stainless or Brass Sleeves in the
 TW> piston holes.

 I'll bet.

 TW>  Some Car Manfactures have added the Brake Fluid Flush/Renewal to
 TW> the Suggested Maintenance schedule.

 I've seen what contaminated brake fluid can do to even
 stainless steel pistons and they were the most expensive
 parts I required to rebuild the brakes on a used motorcycle
 I'd acquired.

 I opened one master cylinder and found what looked like
 brown silly putty :-(

 Having rebuilt two such brake systems on inexpensively acquired
 motorcycles I always changed my brake fluid and bled the lines
 regularly.

 Another thing most folks seem to entirely ignore or not even know about
 is differential fluid.
 Granted it has a long service life but if ignored too long
 the consequences are EXTREMELY expensive.
 
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