Hi all.
Checking my bike over the weekend before the Alton ride and I discovered a collection of fluid in the right hand guide. Closer inspection revealed that there is damage around the sight glass and to the sight glass leading to this leak. Am I going to have to replace the whole brake unit or is it possible to replace just the top part of the reservoir body including the sight glass? I have no idea how this happened as my slow speed crash which lead to my broken hand was on the left side and it looks like something sharp and probably metal impacted the sight glass with no damage to the bar below and in front of it...very odd .
Advice please...
Scott
Damage to front brake reservoir.. NOW WITH ADDED PICTURES!!
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. advice please
Not sure about yamahas, but on my KTM you can buy the lid separately, but the body of the reservoir is all one piece.
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. advice please
steve sharp wrote:Not sure about yamahas, but on my KTM you can buy the lid separately, but the body of the reservoir is all one piece.
Sorry, it's a '13 ktm 250exc
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. advice please
NB: you can buy the lid as a single part from Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki, BMW and all other major brands for that matter, including KTM.
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. advice please
OK, this is a link to 2 photos of the damage I'm on about....don't ask how long this took me to do...
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f8muzs5thhr0 ... r%20damage
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f8muzs5thhr0 ... r%20damage
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. NOW WITH ADDED PICTURE
Didn't work for me
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. NOW WITH ADDED PICTURE
gtcodave wrote:Didn't work for me
Hmm, works from my phone and also the wife's..damn...
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. NOW WITH ADDED PICTURE
Worked OK for me.
Bloody hell you're unlucky ! seems it would be almost impossible to damage it where you have !!!
If the sightglass and seal are removeable, it looks like you could fettle the damaged alloy and re-fit.
Bloody hell you're unlucky ! seems it would be almost impossible to damage it where you have !!!
If the sightglass and seal are removeable, it looks like you could fettle the damaged alloy and re-fit.
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. NOW WITH ADDED PICTURE
Got the link to work. Dawn that's well unlucky!
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. NOW WITH ADDED PICTURE
I rang a KTM dealer today and they say that you can't replace the sight glass so it's a whole new master cylinder. £139.98 less 10% discount for TRF membership then £5.50 p&p, so a grand total of £132.58. Does anyone know anywhere with a better discount?
Ta
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. NOW WITH ADDED PICTURE
That's well unlucky, I forget you had moved across to the orange.
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Re: Damage to front brake reservoir.. NOW WITH ADDED PICTURE
steve sharp wrote:That's well unlucky, I forget you had moved across to the orange.
Yep, all orange here Steve