Hiya guys, So I rebuilt my sticky brake calipers. Everything looked good there - and by that I mean that it looked awful before I rebuilt it. Once I finished cleaning everything and put the new seals in, the pistons slid home smoothly and I remounted the caliper. However, my master cylinder still wasn't putting any pressure. It didn't move the pistons at all nor build resistance as I pumped the handle. After pricing rebuild kits, I decided to just replace the master cylinder with this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271183214542
Once I had my old master cylinder off, I started checking it out and found the rubber cover inside the reservoir that goes over the holes was torn. Great! There is a clear problem, so replacing the master cylinder should be my solution! Right? Riiiiiight? Wrong. :( The new MC came with a little bag of parts - a piston, a spring, a circlip, and a rubber boot. Similar to what you would see in a rebuild kit, but the MC seemed to be already assembled. I don't have a pair of deep circlip pliers to actually take the thing apart, but the boot, piston, circlip, and spring are all clearly there. Not sure why they sent me extra parts... I did notice there is no rubber cover inside the reservoir on this one, nor are there grooves to hold one. Anyway, I installed the new MC but no dice. I'm still not getting any pressure at all. Brake fluid will squirt up when I pump the handle but it doesn't seem to be putting any pressure through the brake lines. What's my next step? Do I replace the brake lines? They seem to be in good shape, no bulges, etc. Not sure what to do next. Help me, Nighthawk Lovers Forum. You're my only hope. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
