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any tips on how to get the pedal box assembly in? I don't want to tear up my freshly painted pedals trying to get this thing back in.
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I have a big hole with a cover plate. It sure helps getting the pedal box in, in one piece, assembled, very easily.
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Might try using blue painter masking tape to cover your pedals as you push them down the hole. Just don't put too much or it'll bind.
If you're worried about scratching them on the install, wait until you get brake fluid on the pedal box, and the paint starts to crinkle!
If you're worried about scratching them on the install, wait until you get brake fluid on the pedal box, and the paint starts to crinkle!
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I finally got the pedal box back in. I just squeezed the pedals together, but it will still tight. The pedal pads will cover it anyway.
I was real careful when hooking up the lines. I bled the new master cylinder on the bench before I put it in and I just placed a lot of bags around everything. So far so good.
I would have powdercoated the thing, but I wasn't able to located a powdercoater in the area. Perhaps I should go into buisness.
I'm down to the wire now. Bleeding the clutch and the brakes is the only thing keeping me from putting it on the streets around the neighborhood for shakedown.
I was real careful when hooking up the lines. I bled the new master cylinder on the bench before I put it in and I just placed a lot of bags around everything. So far so good.
I would have powdercoated the thing, but I wasn't able to located a powdercoater in the area. Perhaps I should go into buisness.
I'm down to the wire now. Bleeding the clutch and the brakes is the only thing keeping me from putting it on the streets around the neighborhood for shakedown.
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Have fun bleeding that clutch!! Get an assistant and a vacuum bleeder, that's my advice. The darned reservoir is so tiny, you really need to be able to pull vacuum, bleed and top up at the same time.
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Pressure bleeder works well for me.
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I saw a vacuum bleeder at my local favorite corporate auto parts store that specialises in cheap third world parts tonight. 29 bucks. Hmmm. I was really thinking about it.
I really never had any pain with bleeding brakes, however I'm really wondering about bleeding the clutch.
I saw a post a while back on how to bleed using some compressed air and a tire tube but I can't find it. Can someone point me to the link?
I really never had any pain with bleeding brakes, however I'm really wondering about bleeding the clutch.
I saw a post a while back on how to bleed using some compressed air and a tire tube but I can't find it. Can someone point me to the link?
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Bike tube cut about 20 inchs long with the stem. Clamp the tube to the master filler cap hole. Put brake fluid in it, seal the top and put just a few pounds of air in it with a bike pump, bleed away.
Now keep in mind that any place that has a bad seal will leak. Lots of rags and stuff around the Master Cyl.
Now keep in mind that any place that has a bad seal will leak. Lots of rags and stuff around the Master Cyl.