Peter Mercer at Robina Motorcycle Wreckers came good with this piece - $25. Problem solved and the journey continues.
Thanks to all involved members.
Thanks to all involved members.
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Rear Master Cylinder Trouble
- Thread starter David Toll
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Bob Kelly III
Ranch Kid from way back,.... that got Old !
Fantastic ! Go get'em David !
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I know this "problem" has been solved but I'll still offer my thoughts.
If I was in this situation I would try using the flange part of the original fitting as a pattern and cut say a piece of 1/4 inch aluminum with holes for the attaching screws and then drill and tap the center for pipe thread to take a fitting such as this:
If not enough room for 1/4 pipe drop back to 1/8 inch pipe threads.
If I was in this situation I would try using the flange part of the original fitting as a pattern and cut say a piece of 1/4 inch aluminum with holes for the attaching screws and then drill and tap the center for pipe thread to take a fitting such as this:
If not enough room for 1/4 pipe drop back to 1/8 inch pipe threads.
Glad you have got it sorted David........
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khansen, one of the reasons I am grateful for this forum is the opportunity it provides to tap the ingenuity of so many creative people. My father was, what we used to term, a "jack of all trades" meaning that when you were broken down 80 miles outside of Mt Isa, which is 1000 miles from nowhere, he could strip out the gear box on the '48 Mercury, hand file the damaged gears, cut cardboard gaskets from a beer carton, bolt it all back together reusing the original oil strained through one of mum's stockings and get you into town before the pubs closed. Ingenuity, pragmatism, insight and ability. I posed a small problem on the Forum and received a number of detailed and, for all I know, feasible solutions. That is most gratifying. In the end I took the coward's way out and found a new piece but it gives me great confidence to know that when the shit hits the fan, I can call on so much expertise.
I can see a few problems with your solution but, I am sure, they could be ironed out to make a practical and serviceable replacement.
Thanks xj & Skull. I am now onto another disaster - plastic in my oil filters. Fortunately, there is encyclopaedic reference to the problem on the forum so I won't waste anyone's time with stupid questions...... at this stage.
Regards
I can see a few problems with your solution but, I am sure, they could be ironed out to make a practical and serviceable replacement.
Thanks xj & Skull. I am now onto another disaster - plastic in my oil filters. Fortunately, there is encyclopaedic reference to the problem on the forum so I won't waste anyone's time with stupid questions...... at this stage.
Regards
Well as this is only a gravity fed fitting I don't see a problem with most of the options. But having found a good used original part is a good option. I only mentioned my idea for the next person who may have this problem.
One variation could be to use a piece of steel to make the two bolt flange part and solder a piece of copper tubing the right size for the hose. To seal it to the master cylinder if the factory seal will not work a carefully made gasket or little of the Three-bond sealant used on the engine cases would probably work. Just don't go crazy and have it get into the master cylinder.
One variation could be to use a piece of steel to make the two bolt flange part and solder a piece of copper tubing the right size for the hose. To seal it to the master cylinder if the factory seal will not work a carefully made gasket or little of the Three-bond sealant used on the engine cases would probably work. Just don't go crazy and have it get into the master cylinder.
Don't get me wrong kshansen, I appreciate your idea. The problem I mentioned may occur on the internal side of the fitting. On the original, there is no gasket as such. A thicker section of tubing extends into the master cylinder opening in a "male to female" coupling. As with finding the correct size 'thin walled tubing' to use internally if I was to attempt to re-glue the broken piece, it could prove difficult to find a fitting as you described which had the correct dimensions both externally and internally. I appreciate your ingenuity and consideration on the problem as will, I am sure, any clumsy bastard who manages to break the fitting off in the future.
Cheers
Cheers
David, it sounds like we had the same father....you know my dad spent some time in Australia, Hmmmm.
We are our fathers sons. And all the better for it.
You go David! Do your father proud!
BOB SKEFFINGTON
XS650 Member
K&L SUPPLY USED TO HAVE REPLACEMENTS FOR THOSE
No, Mailman, no desert dwelling Yankee leaves on my Ozzie family gum tree, at least as far as I am aware. And both of us afflicted with the agony of vintage motorcycle restoration! Couldn't be that much insanity in the one family line!? We honour our Dad's in our memories. Hope my three sons keep me alive as long. God, now I sound like Fred MacMurray. Thanks for your encouragement and cheers Bob S, someone will undoubtedly need that info.
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