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Not my wife - I live in trouble there. You learn to roll with it. The problem I have is with that other troublesome master: the one that actually can make me stop when it wants to.
I am just about ready to try starting Incubus, the new XS11 project. I have spark and the carbs are reasonably clean - at least much cleaner than before with clear passages. They should work well enough to see if the bike runs. But it occurred to me that since the bathroom off the master bedroom shares a wall with the garage - and since I like taking showers in the morning without waving to my neighbors - I should have a way to stop this 600-pound beast before granting it the ability to move under its own power.
Brakes would be a serious plus.
My front master cylinder was frozen brick solid when I pulled it from the parts bike. I soaked it for a couple of days in denatured alcohol to melt the ancient brake fluid and then was able to depress the piston in the vise using a small socket on the end of the piston and another socket on the back of the master. I believe, since the piston moves, albeit reluctantly, that this master can be saved. I got the old circlip out, but there is no way to grab the piston that I can see, at least well enough to battle the sticktitude, so I'm not sure how to pull it clear.
By the way, that's a new word. I just made it up.
I haven't had one of these apart in a while. Does the banjo bolt hole go all the way through to the piston? Can I put something through that hole and force the piston out that way, again in the vise? Anybody know any tricks to remove a reluctant piston is isn't quite completely stuck?
Thanks in advance,
Patrick
I am just about ready to try starting Incubus, the new XS11 project. I have spark and the carbs are reasonably clean - at least much cleaner than before with clear passages. They should work well enough to see if the bike runs. But it occurred to me that since the bathroom off the master bedroom shares a wall with the garage - and since I like taking showers in the morning without waving to my neighbors - I should have a way to stop this 600-pound beast before granting it the ability to move under its own power.
Brakes would be a serious plus.
My front master cylinder was frozen brick solid when I pulled it from the parts bike. I soaked it for a couple of days in denatured alcohol to melt the ancient brake fluid and then was able to depress the piston in the vise using a small socket on the end of the piston and another socket on the back of the master. I believe, since the piston moves, albeit reluctantly, that this master can be saved. I got the old circlip out, but there is no way to grab the piston that I can see, at least well enough to battle the sticktitude, so I'm not sure how to pull it clear.
By the way, that's a new word. I just made it up.
I haven't had one of these apart in a while. Does the banjo bolt hole go all the way through to the piston? Can I put something through that hole and force the piston out that way, again in the vise? Anybody know any tricks to remove a reluctant piston is isn't quite completely stuck?
Thanks in advance,
Patrick
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