lONG TIME NO SPEAK BUT HELP NEEDED ONCE MORE....AS ALWAYS !!

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cornish mafia · #1 Post by **cornish mafia** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 5:15 pm

OK people it's been a long while since I've posted on here but once more am in need of your help....

DOES anyone have a rear brake cylinder they would like to sell me ? I changed rear sets and had to fit a different cylinder and am now changing back ( don't buy CHEAP Chinese rear sets of Evil bay ) BUT I can't find my old rear cylinder anywhere so at the moment have no rear brake ......it's lovely and sunny in gods country and although I can ride the beast I'd rather do it with a back brake ...

Fingers crossed one of you lot have one tucked away somewhere .......

fatboy · #2 Post by **fatboy** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 5:31 pm

You should be able to get the Brembo item for around £35/40 plus vat.
Fairly sure its a 13mm bore, was looking for one not too long ago, the variation is top or side exit.
PS, gods country starts on the other side of the bridge to you

cornish mafia · #3 Post by **cornish mafia** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:29 pm

I have been looking and some of the Ducati brembo cylinders fit I think , will see if I can get the right one ... Can you remember where you got your one from ?

BY the way .....Gods country starts this side of the bridge you lot are just play at it ..!!!

Aladinsaneuk · #4 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:07 am

I may have a spare

cornish mafia · #5 Post by **cornish mafia** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:12 am

I'm going to have one last dig out in the garage to see if I can find my old one but if not I'll be in touch later today .........................the only thing that's really putting me off is Bleeding the dam thing again !!!

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The last time it took me soooooo long to get anything on it I was close to killing anyone within a mile radius ....

Aladinsaneuk · #6 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:28 am

I rate the evilbay 20 quid vacuum bleeders....

cornish mafia · #7 Post by **cornish mafia** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:40 am

Like you I rated them as well BUT still it took a while......I've had a good look and can't find the dam Cylinder so if your still up for selling yours I'm keen to buy it...
PM me with a price and I'll paypal you for it ....

Just have to hope the weather lasts long enough to enjoy it when it's up and running again ......

Falco Frank · #8 Post by **Falco Frank** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:12 am

If its a pain to bleed, once fitted correctly, remove the caliper from the bike and simply wedge something between the pads (and maybe put a zip tie around as well), then access is a little easier for getting to the bleed nipple etc.

I rate the MityVac bleed kits but not sure if they are still available.

Aladinsaneuk · #9 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:40 pm

Sorry - checked and don't have a working spare :(

cornish mafia · #10 Post by **cornish mafia** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 4:20 pm

No worries thanks for checking BUT the good news is that as it was raining this afternoon and the kids were out and I had peace and quiet ....how I love peace and quiet ....I went back to the garage to try one last time to get the thing working and now it is !!!

I basically replaced all the Chinese cheese bolts with good stainless ones and all was good.....well almost but I'm happy enough !!!

AND to top it all off I found the old Brembo Cylinder sitting at the back of the only bloody draw I NEVER checked , so all in all a good afternoon. Kids are back now so back to noise but at least I feel better about the bike.....very smug and happy bunny now where's the kids chocolate !!!

fatboy · #11 Post by **fatboy** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:29 pm

Glad you found the old one, I never bought a new rear master as I didnt need to. I thought mine was spanked as it would not bleed up, even vith a vacuum bleeder.
I ended up hanging the caliper on a bit of wire and jamming the brake pedal with a bit of wood ( ports open in master cyl) and gravity did its thing !

cornish mafia · #12 Post by **cornish mafia** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:24 pm

I did the same thing when I couldn't get it to work , took it all off nailed it to the wall in the garage and got it working fine...Great I thought until I realised that I would have to break into it again to fit it back on the bike and so it started all over again ....

I hate the back break but it's working now but for how long who knows !!

randomsquid · #13 Post by **randomsquid** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 12:07 pm

Last time I bled the back brake I bolted the caliper upside down to the top of the exhaust/footrest bracket. Worked well enough.