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The hole in the small round very thin steel attachment provided to attach the rubber puck nipple easily to the spring in this particular kit seems unnecessarily to small IMO.Set a spare original master cylinder spring in a trusty old,easily bent cafeteria fork into a small vise as a starting...
Sooooooo thankful for the posts and threads like these. I read and re-read and even though I know that tiny relief port exists and needs to be clearly opened I almost had myself convinced it didn’t it was so plugged.Got it cleared now.
Used the guitar “E”string method to open the relief port on the 75b master cylinder.Added a photo of a master cylinder off a 72 waiting a turn for a rebuild. This 75b original was extremely plugged.Both early round master cylinder reservoirs.A slight variation in the relief port location.
The PO had pulled the original and just replaced it with an aftermarket that actually had worked great since I’ve owned it. The mirror threads wouldn’t accept the original mirror was the kicker.
That’s what I was always told.Seemed to make sense.The Vetter craze fairings along with others was going on then. I’d sure be open to hear if it’s actually for something else.
One and two of the wish’id a done through the years of having many 75b’s for the next generations to have knowledge of;1)Kept track of serial #’s of matte black and bronze dash panels.2)Noticed more and noted the factory plug 🔌 for fairings.A crucial,competitive market option of the era.Craig...