Crazy Brakes

[Motu]

Brakeclean will destroy rubber brake cups,if you've used that you have ruined the seals.

[imdying]

Yep, not a fan of brakecleen on anything rubber. Good for cleaning the crud of the outside, not so cool on the inside. Good ole trusty hot soapy water is the only thing you should use.

[sAsLEX]

MAster Cylinder hasnt been apart in over a year, prob recentish so doubt would be from brakleen which I dont use on rubber either as it says it ruins rubber quite clearly on the tin,

[sAsLEX]

try a straight up fluid change. Dump all of the old stuff and go get some clean new stuff. The master cylinder bit could be getting old too.. those are about 30 bucks from memory, and isn't hard to do them yourself

Darn they are about $100(according to Kerry) so will have a look at the lever pivot and take the thing apart and see if the hole is blocked and how freely it is moving, hell I might even pull out the Haynes Manual and see what that says now that I remember that I have one.

[Motu]

Just take the resivour cover off and work the lever - if fluid squirts out all over your paintwork then the compensating port is open,you should see atleast some fluid movement if it's open.

[sAsLEX]

Just take the resivour cover off and work the lever - if fluid squirts out all over your paintwork then the compensating port is open,you should see atleast some fluid movement if it's open.

cheers, the resivour is remote though, in that it is a short length of tube further towards the centre of the bike and a little higher than the master cylinder, not like alot of bike where with the resivour cover removed you can see those holes at the bottom, the remote bit might make it a little harder to see.