front mc rebuild

[Titbit21]

Is there a thread on how to rebuild the front MC? I have mine off the bike and wish to start this, but i have never done this before and im already stuck on trying to pull this reservoir. I have read to gentle turn and pull (hasn't worked yet). I have the two bottom screws taken out, is there somthing im missing here?

[Titbit21]

nevermind the resevoir problem I got it off. Could still use some guidance on the rebuild though

[SFerinTEXAS]

Do you have a manual?

[jetmechmarty]

Getting the circlip out may pose a challenge, unless you have one of these:


The circlip is a bit of a reach.

[forexbob]

I just did mine. I pulled the rubber boot off so I could see better as I 've never done one before and didn't know exactly what I was looking at. You're going to replace the boot anyway. I then cleaned it out with WD40 so I could see even better. There's a snap ring that, I believe, holds the boot in and then under that is a little plastic o-ring that hides the circlip.

Once these are out a good set of long nose circlip pliers will get that circlip out. I still had to give it a tap from the other end with a drift to pop it out.

It's a bit of a PITA, but not that bad.

Bob

[SFerinTEXAS]

Is not good advice better than no advice ? Should be a poll.

[DGXSER]

Hey Titbit,

The rubber boot should simply pull out of there. Just pull it with some degree of care and it should come out unharmed. Then the big PITA is getting that circlip out. I tried taking a cheap pair of cir-clip pliers from HF and grinding them every way I could think of and never got them to reach it. What I eventually did was to take a rat tail file, the small round end that goes into the handle, and ground the tip to fit in the hole of the cir-clip. I used that and a pick. I used the pick to hold one end of the clip still and the file end (being stiffer) to pull the other side until I got it to come out of the slot and worked it out little by little. a real PITA, but I got it done.

The pliers Marty shows are for sale at Mikes XS and are the real tool to have for it. I tried all the local auto parts stores and sears, and never could find anything like them. Thus the reason I used the created tools.

Once the cir clip comes out, there is a washer under that, and then the MC plunger will need to be pushed out form the banjo bolt hole. Nothing else is holding it in except the crud and the pressure of the seals at that point.

Funny, I am sitting in Warren Ohio right now.

[Titbit21]

thanks everyone, I got everything put together and clean. That should be it with my brakes now hopefully. Just need some warm weather and no rain and maybe i can finally paint this beast.