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Clutch master sylinder trying to save a old one and rebuild a new one

Started by Old Rider, September 14, 2021, 04:40:34 AM

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Old Rider

I have a worn leaking high milage clutch master cylinder laying here that was replaced with one that was almost as new some years ago .
I'm planning to do maintenance on the clutch master that is fitted on my bike installing a rebuild kit.Since I'm waiting for the postman to arrive i had a closer look at the old clutch master too see if it is saveable  
I did a little write up on how i try to save it.Can be useful to someone that is planning a rebuild.

Old Rider

A little progress update on the master cylinder .while waiting for parts i took off the newest master and slave cylinders that was on the bike and mounted the old
units i have worked on lately to see how they work.I started prepping the newest parts for the new seals when they arrive in post.
The old slave and master i mounted is working without any leaks or problems even i did not put new seals on them so will keep them as spareparts Will maybe later mount new seals to them also. you can read about that in this tread.
https://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=20061.0  
I made 2 different writeups one for clutch master cyinderl and one for slave cylinder that was silly and confusing for both me and you  :smile:
Also forgot to put out a little warning just  like chuck Norris do : I dont think it is a good idea to hone up the mastercylinder so much i did on the old master cylinder that had bad pittings on a BRAKE master cylinder .If the seal blows on a brake master under hard braking i see trouble ahead so i would not risk it.On the clutch master there is not so much risk and it is under less pressure i think.

Old Rider

Here is last update yesterday i removed the old master and slave cylinders that had a 2-3 day testride they worked fine without leaks or any other problems.
I then put back the newest master and slave that has new seals.I primed both the master and slave to make bleeding process go faster.
I see now that i did not resized the pictures enough as it takes long to load them on my PC sorry about that.