 Amreet Trackday Trickster
Joined: 31 May 2010 Karma :  
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 Posted: 20:30 - 15 Oct 2010 Post subject: MZ master cylinder options |
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Hi everyone,
My newest bike is an MZ ETZ which has had a bit of a tough life, been cared for but never really cherished if you know what i mean? proper work bike, its stood for more or less a year and there were remarkbly few things to do considering! cleaned the carb and she ran beautifully and still does, but recently the front brakes given me some trouble, i fixed the caliper which is all fine now but the master cylinder is leaking, not too much but i have to top up the reservoir every week or so, so i need to fix it really
(by the way, would that be an MOT fail? If they can find evidence of a leak? you can quite clearly see that there is a leak even if its not dripping just from the change in colour of the metal etc.)
A new master cylinder for an MZ is around £60 i think from Burwins? Which is quite a lot, a new seal kit with res. diaphragm is about £25, but ive read that sometimes new seal kits wont actually fix the problem completely due to fairly high tolerances on the machining on mzs sooo ive had a look around and I can get a used but perfect working order master cylinder from other bikes for like £20 off the bay, are master cylinders fairly generic and interchangeable? so long as its a similar design. is there anything that would stop me putting this:
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRIUMPH-DAYTONA-595i-995i-FRONT-BRAKE-MASTER-CYLINDER-/250709423136?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item3a5f723420
on to the MZ? Looks really nice, better quality than the MZ part.
If that one wont work are there any master cylinders which are known to be a straight swap or easy swap for the original ones?
Cheers!
Dan |
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