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i listened and thanked everyone. just because i didn't take you advice doesn't make you right or me wrong. i just think i know more than you do. i may be proven wrong. but there is no cause to use disparaging terms about me or my mechanical judgement or ability.
when i left it the other night i had the M/C pressurize with a c-clamp on the caliper. today the blockage has resolved itself. you or i might not recommend this fix for everyone but i feel comfortable with it. but i'm an old farmer who has used baler wire to fix things that shouldn't have been...
thanks to all. would a 1/16 inch drill bit be to big to clean the hole? or would torch tip cleaners be better. i'm trying to avoid taking M/C apart. it doesn't leak and pumps fluid well. it just doesn't let it return. i think that's why my front brake drags.
when i do brakes on a automobile i use a c-clamp to push the fluid back into the M/C. on my 77 xs 650 when i try to squeeze the fluid back to the M/C all that happens is the lever get really firm i can hardly pull it at all. shouldn't the fluid come out the little hole in the bottom of the M/C...
Sound like carbs out of sync. My '77' xs is doing the same thing. I had the carbs out and did the Fred Flintstone bench sync.
When I put them back in I had the same problem running on the left, dead on the right. I did some fiddling with the balance adjusted in between the carbs. All of a...