Front Brake flushing

[EricHa]

ok, I have removed and cleaned my calipers, and have found much spooge/apple sauce looking goop everywhere. Inside the piston chamber as well as behind the square profile o-ring. I will be buttoning things up this weekend, and wondered if I should try to flush the m/c with denatured alcohol or anything.

FWIW, I don't think that my front master cylinder is OEM. Originals appear to have translucent off white bodies, and this one is all black.

Thanks, Eric

[CatatonicBug]

No need to flush with anything but brake parts cleaner and clean brake fluid. Be sure you take that MC apart though, to get all that goop out! Is the resevoir a metal housing? That's how the LH was made, and MikesXS sells them that way too. Much better design IMHO.

[EricHa]

Hi Marshall. How is my old Windjammer holding up? My m/c is exactly like the one that you posted. I'll bet that the po got it from Mike's. Thanks for the tip.

[CatatonicBug]

Hi Marshall. How is my old Windjammer holding up?

It's still on the bike, right outside my office right now! It got a couple of cracks when I laid it down last fall, and I managed to stain it a bit with Brake Parts Cleaner. I added an HID headlight to it, and LED signals, and it's working great!