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Title: Remaster the Master
Post by: Affschnozel on May 09, 2009, 08:28:42 AM
Front master cylinder of my 97  :D

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/Affschnozel/MasterCylinderGS500EV.jpg)

and it's bore

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/Affschnozel/MasterCylinderBore.jpg)

BTW it was a little struggle to remove as the circlip  pliers couldn't fit in right  , pushed the cylinder down with a thumb

and went at it at an angle with the pliers and great success !

Needles to say I'll order new one and clean the crud out of the bore
Title: Re: Remaster the Master
Post by: fred on May 09, 2009, 08:50:00 AM
Wow, that's pretty ugly. You should have seen what the front caliper off my '94 looked like when it started leaking. It took me like 4 hours to scrape all the crud out of it, it was really gross.
Title: Re: Remaster the Master
Post by: Affschnozel on May 09, 2009, 09:01:11 AM
Yeah my caliper is due to some scrubbing as well,all ready for some Goodridge S/S line and SonicSprings at last  :icon_mrgreen:

....and a straight axle , can't wait to have my corner carver back  :woohoo:
Title: Re: Remaster the Master
Post by: fred on May 10, 2009, 01:53:43 AM
Quote from: Affschnozel on May 09, 2009, 09:01:11 AM
Yeah my caliper is due to some scrubbing as well,all ready for some Goodridge S/S line and SonicSprings at last  :icon_mrgreen:

....and a straight axle , can't wait to have my corner carver back  :woohoo:

I know the feeling. While I was waiting the week it took my dealer to get the parts for my caliper, I was stuck riding my friend's KLR 250 to work. Not quite as much fun as the GS on the freeway...
Title: Re: Remaster the Master
Post by: Affschnozel on May 10, 2009, 04:27:00 AM
Good thing I have this backup ,not as fast but sometimes more fun :
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/Affschnozel/diamondbackresponse.jpg)
Title: Re: Remaster the Master
Post by: fred on May 10, 2009, 09:12:57 PM
Around here people look at me weirder for riding my bicycle on the road than for riding my motorcycle on the sidewalk. I tried riding my bike to work for a while, people kept nearly killing me. One lady pulled beside me, then pulled over to park and forced me into the curb. Bicycling is terrible in LA, which is a real shame.
Title: Re: Remaster the Master
Post by: Affschnozel on May 18, 2009, 05:11:28 PM
Got the new one installed into assembly and already can feel huge improvement just by pumping the brake lever  :D
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc280/Affschnozel/MasterCylindersGS500.jpg)
Title: Re: Remaster the Master
Post by: bill14224 on May 18, 2009, 07:12:48 PM
Quote from: fred on May 10, 2009, 09:12:57 PM
Around here people look at me weirder for riding my bicycle on the road than for riding my motorcycle on the sidewalk. I tried riding my bike to work for a while, people kept nearly killing me. One lady pulled beside me, then pulled over to park and forced me into the curb. Bicycling is terrible in LA, which is a real shame.

Fred, why didn't you shoot her?  :2guns:
Title: Re: Remaster the Master
Post by: fred on May 19, 2009, 12:01:26 AM
Quote from: bill14224 on May 18, 2009, 07:12:48 PM
Quote from: fred on May 10, 2009, 09:12:57 PM
Around here people look at me weirder for riding my bicycle on the road than for riding my motorcycle on the sidewalk. I tried riding my bike to work for a while, people kept nearly killing me. One lady pulled beside me, then pulled over to park and forced me into the curb. Bicycling is terrible in LA, which is a real shame.

Fred, why didn't you shoot her?  :2guns:

Ha! Despite the really really low cop density in LA, California is really not cool with you having any weapons of any kind. It is basically impossible to get a concealed handgun permit and all kinds of other stuff is banned. I think my motorcycle gloves are technically illegal because they provide knuckle protection that could be used to protect my hands in a fight. I'm pretty sure if I hit someone while wearing those gloves, I could get a weapons charge...