Dennis menace
06-04-2016, 06:24 PM
A word of caution. I bought a Brembo clutch master cylinder re-furb kit from those good folks at Moto Rapido for less than £20. No problem there. However, unless I got it horribly wrong, the kit was difficult to fit and I ripped the new dust boot. I put it down to the design. Unlike most Brembo master cylinders this one does not have a circlip to hold things in place, it has what looks like a slim plumber's olive that is an interference fit in a groove. Also, there seems to be nothing to hold the piston in place against the force of the new spring until the cylinder is re-fitted with the clutch lever and 'pill' that depresses the piston. In my case finding something that is an interference fit to push against the olive and keep the piston in place also broke the dust boot against the piston. If I had a tube of "exactly" the right outer diameter it might have worked but it is too deep for a socket so I used a box spanner. Despite the ripped dust boot the new seal has worked. BTW the Brembo instructions were useless and didn't even correspond to my master cylinder despite the parts being correct.