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Is there some super secret club I need to be a member of to find this/equivalent stuff in a local auto parts store or something? Am I doing the club handshake wrong?

Or, are the local auto parts places today just not stocking stuff like this anymore?

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Ask for "caliper lubricant", any store should have it. Eg,
https://www.permatex.com/products/Automot...iper_Lube_1.htm

Although optimized for disc brake service (high temperature, non-melting, etc.) they are compatible with brake system rubber.

I mostly don't use it on my Triumphs anyway, DOT 5 makes a pretty good lube by itself.
 
:iagree:

Just use whatever brake fluid you'll have inna system at completion.
 
My grease came with the rebuild kit and was called, cleverly enough, "red grease". I would think that any competent Auto supply store would know what your looking for.

Good luck, Tinkerman
 
Tinkerman said:
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That would be the key word. When I asked at my local place the guy had a look on his face like "what, you are rebuild a master cylinder?".

Of course, it could have been <span style="font-style: italic">my</span> lack of competence too!
 
tdskip said:
When I asked at my local place the guy had a look on his face like "what, you are rebuild a master cylinder?".

Of course, it could have been <span style="font-style: italic">my</span> lack of competence too!
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Nah, probably he'd just never heard of anyone rebuilding their own MC. With modern cars, it's considered a "black art" and you "must" send them out to be rebuilt.

Which may be a good thing, but it irritates me to pay $100 or more for $10 worth of seals and 20 minutes to install them!
 
It's just the current mind set, Tom. Replace not repair.
"Part Changers"
 
That and the issue of responsibility/liability in a litigious environ. If it fails, blame can be transferred to the manufacturer with a "NEW" unit. Not so if it's been rebuilt.
 
tdskip said:
Tinker<span style="font-weight: bold">man said:
competent
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</span>Of course, it could have been <span style="font-style: italic">my</span> lack of competence too!
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I really doubt it. The technical competence of auto shop employees has been in decline for many years.

and yes, they call "engines", "motors". :wall:
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GENERALLY SPEAKING AND ACCORDING TO THE MAJORITY OF MODERN TECHNICAL REFERENCES:

THIS IS A MOTOR</span>
motor.jpg


<span style="font-weight: bold">THIS IS AN ENGINE</span>

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Looks like TWO engines on a common crankshaft to me, Frank. :wink:
 
angelfj said:
GENERALLY SPEAKING AND ACCORDING TO THE MAJORITY OF MODERN TECHNICAL REFERENCES:
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It's basically like "alternator" and "generator"; one is a subclass of the other. A "motor" is anything that imparts motion, your photo is of an <span style="font-weight: bold">electric</span> motor.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Motor

"Engine" generally refers to a thermo-dynamic motor, that is, one that converts thermodynamic energy to motion, such as a gasoline engine.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engine

This is why we drive "motor vehicles" rather than "engine vehicles".
 
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