Clutch Hydraulic Seals

[spartacus]

It seems to almost considered routine than cerbera clutch seals in (master and slave) start to break down in the fluid relatively quickly compared to other makes of cars, can anyone explain why this is?

Any idea where TVR sourced the slave and master cylinders, the box is a Borg Warner T5 I believe, as fitted to the Sierra Cosworth, did Ford fit the salve cylinder inside the bell housing on the Cosworth also, or is that just TVRs sick sense of humour?

I understand some people are offering improved seal kits, what material are the seals made from that they are superior? do they actually last much longer? i.e.. longer than 24k miles?


>> Edited by spartacus on Friday 9th September 11:33

[trackcar]

I won't tell you what they're made from, but i can tell you they're better.

How long they last depends on what fluid you use and how often you change it .. fluid degrades, the seals will follow no matter how good they are. If you use a good DOT5.1 and change it every service then they should last a lot longer than the std TVR ones.

You can get better slave cylinders too. I don't give a life expectancy on my seals though as i'm not prepared to run a cerbera for 40k plus miles to find out ... but the company that makes the seals for me have been in the busines for decades so i trust them when they say they have a seal material more suited to the job.

They're also half the price of the TVR seals...