Siborg Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Good evening gents, Due to the age of my bike i thought it would be a good idea to replace the piston and seals etc of the front brake master cyl and then work my way round to the clutch and then the back brake . However I'm having issues trying to remove the pesky circlip that holds the piston in the master cylinder. My circlip pliers have enough reach to get the circlip but the piston leaves little room for manoeuvring. Any tips? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted March 30, 2020 Member Contributer Share Posted March 30, 2020 If it ain't broke........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelman Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 all that stuff is still in fine working condition on my '86 VFR's, probably on your bike too. ^^ as dutchy says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siborg Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Dutchy said: If it ain't broke........ Well thats true, but it almost 30 years old I think I'll give the calipers the once over too. That'll be after i remove said circlip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelman Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 you might be replacing original quality, from-the factory parts with cheap, lower quality made-in china junk ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siborg Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 7 hours ago, squirrelbrains said: you might be replacing original quality, from-the factory parts with cheap, lower quality made-in china junk ! That's not the case. I'm using OEM parts from Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RC36B Posted March 31, 2020 Member Contributer Share Posted March 31, 2020 If you have straight or fat pliers then you are gonna get a stroke before you get that clip out... 🤯 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siborg Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 12:02 PM, RC36B said: If you have straight or fat pliers then you are gonna get a stroke before you get that clip out... 🤯 Ordered a set just like that on Ebay. I'd previously looked through the manual and on the page it mentioned a "special tool".It looks just like the one pictured but they wanted a special Honda price of 89 euros... hence Ebay. If it works ok I'll give the clutch master cylinder a pop too. Thanks ya'll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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