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I am restoring a 1980 Special and all the brakes are frozen or leak. Can't find a source for rebuild kits for all of the brake components. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Eric
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GEORGEFIX'S MOTORCYCLE PARTS on ebay is a good place for brake and carb kits.BDF Special
80SG Vetter bagger 1196 Wiseco big bore kit, Mega Cycle Cams, slotted cam gears, ported and flowed head, bronze intake seats, Dyno Jet kit, Dyno coils and Mikes XS air pods, Venture cam chain adjuster,Geezer's regulator, Clutch mod, Mac 4 into 1 with custom built and tuned baffle, Oil cooler,MikesXS emulators mod.
Dyno tuned to 98 hp at the rear wheel. -
parts n more has them , but you need to have a minimum order of $35 , which isn't hard to do with all the stuff they have .
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Thank you! Didn't know about either business.
Do I need a small hone to clean the bores?
Best Regards, EricComment
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Nah. Just a little green scrubby pad. Be sure to use a dental pick or similar item in the groove on the caliper pistons UNDER the rubber o-ring. That location seems to attract gunk and causes issues with the piston locking up. Also pay special attention to the "spooge hole" in the MC. Rememer, use ONLY BRAKE FLUID to clean the non-metal brake parts. Everything else that you might use something else to clean, should be rinsed with Brake Parts Cleaner (no residue) before re-assembly.1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
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