NEW wheel cylinders leaking

[vze28h54 at verizon.net (Chris)]

(I'm assuming that the fluid is not from the incoming brake line or the 
bleeder valve.)

Did you disassemble the wheel cylinder and coat everything (internal), 
especially the cups, with brake fluid?  Did you use wheel cylinder paste on 
the pistons?

Chris

At 07:01 PM 12/05/2004 -0500, Matt Gregory wrote:
>Ok, I've replaced my wheel cylinders in my '86 8v with new ones from
>Autozone or somewhere local and all seemed fine.  That is, until today
>I noticed some wetness dripping down the inside of the tire and rim.
>So I get under there with a flashlight and sure enough ... nice bright
>blue brake fluid drips forming on the low part of the drum backing
>plate on both sides.
>
>I can't say it surprises me because the parts I got from my LAPS just
>didn't feel like very high quality parts.  The pistons didn't feel
>like they were sealed all that well.  Has anyone else run into this
>problem?  I can't imagine how I could have messed up the install.  The
>line ends were clean and they threaded into the cylinders well, so I
>don't think there are any issues there.  I haven't taken them all
>apart again yet to see exactly where it's leaking but I'm 99.9%
>certain that i'll find fluid coming from the boots.
>
>Any advice?  Order better quality parts from Adirondack or dealer?
>
>Thanks,
>
>matt.
>
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