I changed my brakes earlier and the piston feel out of the socket cause my dumbass friend was pumping the bakes for no freakin reason and it squired out all of the oil and the piston fell out. I press it back in and did the brake change and bleed the front two brakes. and replaced it. should i have to worry about fluid ceeping through the piston.

 

If it leaks it leaks replace it. You will also have to replace the shoes too if they get soaked.

The slave cylinders are not that much. $25 oem
I probably would have just replaced it once it came apart. But if it's back together, working fine and not leaking I wold not worry about it.

 

I think he is talking about calipers? if so, did it tear the O ring around the piston? if you got it back and its not leaking then you are ok. but I doubt that it is not leaking unless the calipers were pretty new.

If its a wheel cylinder (rear brakes) the same applies.

slave cylinders are on hydro clutches

 

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Your right. Wheel cylinder is the correct term.

Slave cylinder is not wrong either. By general definition a slave cylinder converts hydraulic pressure into mechanical motion.
&lt;-- Used to be an airframes and hydraulics mechanic (navy) so I still think in general terms. The nightmare I had to deal with on a regular basis. http://farm4.static.flickr.com...9.jpg j/k it was not that bad.






Modified by _BEN_ at 2:57 PM 10/22/2008

 

I knew what you meant, but he may not of...and I could almost guarentee a parts house would of sold him a slave cyl for a brake job

 

depends on if the rubber tears like stated above. when you service multi piston calipers generally a buddy stomps the pedal to pop whichever piston you are trying to remove out. you then add new booties and press back in. i can't count how many of the PBR dual piston units i've rebuilt that way. track pads vaporize booties.

 

Also, if the piston fell on the floor, hope you inspected the piston for any damages...

 

how are is it to replace the boot

 

the boot is to just keep dust and dirt out of the caliper, if its not there then dirt will get into the cylinder of the caliper and cause scraches on the walls and then tear up the oring seals causing the caliper to leak fluid out and air in. honestly if its just a stock caliper, just replace it , they're not that expensive