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    • July 20, 2017 at 3:15 pm #83823
      Patrick Callahan
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      Rather than try to take pictures of every bore, I tried to choose the worst front, rear and master cylinder bores to take pictures of. Each has been lightly cleaned up with denatured alcohol and steel wool. I’m leaning towards buying a brake cylinder hone for everything.

      Front:

      Rear:

      Master:

    • July 20, 2017 at 12:42 pm #83814
      Patrick Callahan
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      As I’m ordering new seals, I’d also like to replace the old brake lines. They are currently braided steel, but I’m interested in switching to nylon as I presume that would be less expensive and have the added benefit of making it easy to spot bubbles in the system. I’d also be interested in switching to banjo fittings. Thoughts?

    • July 20, 2017 at 11:32 am #83810
      Patrick Callahan
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      Should be fixed now. I had tried posting from my phone.

    • July 19, 2017 at 4:51 pm #83790
      Patrick Callahan
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      I don’t have anything cleaned up yet, but I’ll post pictures of the bores when I do. I need to find a source for the 90 degree fittings that I broke and extract the broken ones. I would like to find the plastic and rubber pieces to fully rebuild the master cylinder, but I may be out of luck.

    • July 18, 2017 at 9:53 am #83739
      Patrick Callahan
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      I still need to get one of the front calipers off the spindle and I broke two 90 degree fittings, but I’m so glad I took them apart. The pistons for the rear caliper, in particular, needed quite a bit of coercion to come out. Thanks for the tip!

    • July 18, 2017 at 6:28 am #83733
      Patrick Callahan
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      Okay. I had already picked up some steel wool to do just that. I guess I’ll move it up on the order of operations.

    • July 17, 2017 at 6:45 pm #83708
      Patrick Callahan
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      It’s definitely old. The homologation date is ’99 so at least 18 years. I really don’t plan on being competitive, but it is already clear that finding ‘vintage’ parts may be a bit of a challenge.

      The brakes don’t work well. I was actually planning on bleeding the brakes tonight, but valve on the included gravity bleeder won’t allow it to thread onto the master cylinder. Is it possible that it’s supposed to be reverse-bled?

      I do plan to do a fairly intensive rebuild. I will obviously be looking for abnormal cracks and wear, but it’ll definitely be a learning experience. Any tips or information would certainly be appreciated.

    • July 16, 2017 at 10:28 pm #83686
      Patrick Callahan
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      The kart really did come with a ton of extras.

      There’s a set of three used wheels, one brand new set of wheels, two old but unused sets of tires, a tire installing tool, a bunch of extra gears…

      …extra hubs (one has some bolts that need extracting), possibly a flywheel tool?, exhaust bracket, aluminum alignment discs, ballast…

      …a bunch of extra two stroke oil and a funnel (which I won’t bore you with a picture of), extra engine case halves, some random pistons and other engine stuff…

      …MyChron 3 with data logger, laser alignment tool, kart suit and rib protector, trackside transponder, and probably some other stuff. Hopefully it’ll all come together into a fun project. For now, I’m pretty pleased with the purchase. Time to get it running!

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