I tried the search but there were thousands of hits to sift though. What type of brake fluid does the 87 use? I forgot to look and now I'm at work with my clutch slave and ready to rebuild.
DOT3 or 4 will work fine, unless someone like me changed it to DOT5.
The OEM Master Cylinder covers have the Recommended brake fluid type casted as part of the cover.
DOT 3 or DOT4 work just fine.
Fred
BTW, the 1st Gen Vmax uses the same master cylinder covers as the FJ1200
Quote from: a.graham52 on May 10, 2016, 06:52:28 AMI tried the search but there were thousands of hits to sift though. What type of brake fluid does the 87 use? I forgot to look and now I'm at work with my clutch slave and ready to rebuild.
A.Graham,
Isn't that information engraved on the master cylinder cover?
Somebody here may have a 1987 Owners Manual for you, as a .PDF from Yamaha.
I did find a 1986 version, if that helps:
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=700.0;attach=334 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=700.0;attach=334)
You can do a Search on the Internet for
1987 FJ1200 "owners manual"
and there were several sources available, but I did not check them out any further.
Somebody here may have exactly the Owners Manual that you need, as a .PDF file.
www.dogpile.com (http://www.dogpile.com) is a search engine that searches many search engines, so it may provide more sources than just Google.
Cheers,
Red
Thanks for the info. As I posted I forgot to look and I'm now at work and the bike isnt. I wanted to make sure I lubed the parts with the correct fluid