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Clutch master cylinder overhaul #5

Regarding the clutch master cylinder which I repaired the hole at piston with solder, one of my friend advised me that the solder might not be hard enough.  Therefore, I tried the repair again in another way.

Disassembled the clutch master cylinder again.


Now I can do it very quickly because I disassembled brake master and clutch master cylinders many times J

Heated and removed the solder at the piston hole.
I used the soldering iron instead of the burner because I heard giving too much heat on piston should be avoided.

In this time, according to the advice from my friend, the repair method is to screw in the thread with strong adhesive into the hole, then grind the thread head to make the piston surface flat.  In order to do it I bought bolts and a grinding stone at the hardware store.


Cutting the bolt to adjust the length to fit the hole depth. 


Engrave the minus groove at the cut bolt head to make screwing in possible with minus screw driver.



It took time, but the result was not bad.

Paste the JB weld in the piston hole.



And screw in the cut bolt with minus screw driver.


Then, grind the bolt and piston with the grinding stone.
Using power drill,



Grind, grind, grind….

It took longer time than I expected to make the piston and bolt becoming flat.  Steel is much harder than solder.


I reassembled the clutch master cylinder right away.


I believe finally the overhaul of my clutch master cylinder has finished!



(My original blog was written on 28th Jul. and 2nd Aug. 2009)

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