brake overhaul

[tsears]

I am rebuilding my braking components ... Master cyls, calipers. Does anyone have experience repainting or powdercoating any of these components. I at least want to repaint all of them, but would powder coating be better?

[jetmechmarty]

There is a thread about powder coating this units at home on the XS650 Garage USA bulletin board. I even did the search for you.

http://www.xs650temp.proboards29.com/index.cgi?board=paint&action=display&thread=1165686374

[Ken Talbot]

I chose to go with a nice satin black powdercoat for mine. Powdercoating is not as susceptible to spilled brake fluid. Not that you should be spilling brake fluid in the first place, but you never know...

[skids]

Ken, I am spilling brake fluid right now just looking at those parts! Say, did you groove lines through the rotors as an alternative to drilling them???

Originally posted by Ken Talbot
Not that you should be spilling brake fluid in the first place, but you never know...

[Ken Talbot]

No, Sid, that is a set of slotted rotors. In the photo, they were fresh back from the powdercoating shop so still had their polyester masking tape on the friction surface. You might be able to make out the unmasked section on the third rotor on the face that bolts to the rim.

[tsears]

Can the plastic reservoir be removed (and replaced) from the front brake master cylinder? I want to powder coat because the paint on my cylinder has been seriously brake fluid deteriorated.

[Ken Talbot]

Yes, Tim, the reservoir can be removed. It is held in place by an o-ring in a groove. If you just grab the reservoir in one hand and the body in the other, you should be able to twist them until they start to move around. Then you can work a stiff putty knife between the two parts to pry them apart. It is a tight fit, but they will separate.

This shot of a master cylinder with the reservoir removed shows you the o-ring in the groove of the master cylinder. There is a similar groove in the reservoir.


(I tried to respond directly, Tim, but my note bounced back undeliverable??)