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Resleeve, if done right, is just fine. I use Apple Hydraulics in NY. Very professional and quick. All parts come back like new. Okay, just as good as new. :smile:If you can buy it cheaper than having it rebuilt,, go for it!! The parts that are bought and are as cheap as O'Reilly are remans. Don't get me wrong, we just had one open near by and I love the place.
Check out their site. Pretty cool stuff available.

https://www.applehydraulics.com/
 
Unless someone has something nasty to say about the Raybestos unit before tomorrow morning, I think that is the way I am gonna go.

'Preciate all the input and advice.
 
If it has a guarantee or warranty, then... I guess it is worth a try.
 
Morris- have you done a rebuild yourself before on these? It really isn't hard and the ones that I have done (both single and dual line) have never given me trouble. This is not rocket science.
Bill
 
I rebuilt the one in question.

However... I think I found the source of the problem. I finished taking it apart. The bore actually looks really good. But the plunger was scraped and pitted to heck by my previous attempts to disassemble. Just as an experiment (Oh I am such a glutton for punishment) I sweat some silver bearing solder into the pits. I will turn it on a mini-lathe to remove the excess solder and see if I can't return it to it's former glory.

If it doesn't work, now I know the secret of getting them apart, so maybe I will get me a junkyard unit and use it to make me a "good parts" version.
 
Sounds like a plan and in reality the pitting on the spool shouldn't be much of a problem if any at all, just polish the spool on the lathe to remove ANY sharp protrusions (pits really won't matter)and hit the bore with some 400 grit sandpaper on a split stick and you should be good to go.
Good luck
Bill
 
No. I ended up rebuilding mine again. I used silver solder to patch all the gouges in the plunger then filed the plunger smooth using my drill press as a lathe. I sourced a pretty good rebuild kit and red assembley grease from bpnorthwest.com.

In my bench tests I have good pressure and no leaks. We will see what happens when I get it in the car.
 
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