Righto, the weather was kind to me today ie: it pissed with rain so gardening was off and garage was ON!!
Going back a long while now, I ordered a generic rear brake master cylinder which is nearly correct for the Honda mounts, but the orientation of the pedal lever put the main shaft out of alignment, I knew this and had always planned a cheeky offset mount. Got to make it today out of the 3mm alloy I had bought a few weeks back.
Here's the problem...
So, out came the hacksaw, drill and bench belt sander to produce this masterpiece.....
The little notches are to clear the MC body, came out OK I think.
Here it is in place, nudged against the MC body....
This shot shows the shaft alignment is now straight, pleased with that.
Routed the braided line and fitted up the footrest mount after another session on the wirewheel, came out OK. Swapped a few bolts for s/s capheads and stitched it all up...finally I hope?
Thought to remove the front master as a brake bleed is nearing fruition....BLOODY HELL! where the effin 'ell did all that gunk come from?
An hour later, having used brake cleaner - no good, WD40 - a bit better, boiling water - melted it away. I then used WD40 again to clean out the piston cylinder until it pumped out clean, spent time on it and I'm pleased it's come up clean enough.
Refurbed the lever pivot, cleaned up the mount and changed to allen bolts. While trying to clean up the MC cover, I gave it a quickie on the wirewheel.......looks mucho better I reckon.
So, a productive day was productive