Now i peesed.. Got the cylinder apart in my workroom and found only slight staining on the shaft.. OK, not too bad, I'll spin it on the lathe at work and polish it up--no problem....
BUT, took a peek into the cylinder and there is pitting on the walls. The seal in the middle of the shaft looks OK, but with pitting in there, its gonna scrap, and get damaged. I think that was the original problem, corrosion crud from the pitting got in the fluid and destroyed the seals. But it also means I prolly got water in there HOW THE %$^#& DID THAT HAPPEN??????????
This stupid thing has had issues from day one.
IMO its crappy products to cut costs. They are probably skimping on the materials, and I'll bet its made overseas........
I will contact teleflex again and see what they say. I think I'm looking at a new cylinder now too.
So either i replace it or I clean it up as well as possible and see if I get one more season out of it..
after that (or if it fails) ITS COMING OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll go with the new mechanical NFB system...screw this fluid and bleeding and leaking and helms gone bad CRAP !!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll sell the parts (helm and hoses) on ebay and maybe recoop some of the $$$$$$$$$$.
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