Hello again,
My front was a bit blocked up with crud but managed to get it free with compressed air up the line and working enough to allow me to remove all the pistons from the calipers. Now that I’ve fully dismantled the master cylinder, I could easily clean it up in a sand blaster then buy a new rebuild kit and new reservoir as mine is a translucent white plastic one that has deteriorated somewhat. The cost of the rebuild kit and reservoir is about triple the cost of buying a new aftermarket complete front brake unit. What are people’s thoughts on those aftermarket units from China? My rear also doesn’t work so I’ll be probably looking at a similar challenge when I get to that.
My front was a bit blocked up with crud but managed to get it free with compressed air up the line and working enough to allow me to remove all the pistons from the calipers. Now that I’ve fully dismantled the master cylinder, I could easily clean it up in a sand blaster then buy a new rebuild kit and new reservoir as mine is a translucent white plastic one that has deteriorated somewhat. The cost of the rebuild kit and reservoir is about triple the cost of buying a new aftermarket complete front brake unit. What are people’s thoughts on those aftermarket units from China? My rear also doesn’t work so I’ll be probably looking at a similar challenge when I get to that.