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Lefty:
Yeah, I cleaned the inlet out. I just tried a 350X 3wheeler cylinder I had with no luck. I even took the FT one apart again & flipped the O-ring, thinking maybe I had installed it wrong, but it's pretty obvious the way it faces, the same direction as the the plunger, with the widest part facing the bottom of the bore.
Thanks for the tip on the Hurricane, I'll see what I can find.

Lefty:
Hey Slyphon, I just looked on Ebay & there'e a lot of them but the brake line connects at the top, not on the side like the FT's does, so if I got one of the CBR cylinders I would have to have another line made.
One more thing I'm going to try is putting the FT internals in the 350X bore, the 350's plunger is longer & is connected to the spring & cap, but the bore and lentgh are the same as the FT. I really hate to use the 350X cylinder, because it came off a running machine & they're just as hard to come by as the FT units.
 

J6G1Z:
Lefty,

Do you have a vacuum bleeder or can get your hands on one? They make bleeding brakes so much more pleasant.

As far as a rear master cylinder swap... There have been several discussions over the years, but I cannot recall anything definitive. Here is a link to a company that sells Brembo brake components: http://www.oppracing.com/category/224-rear-brake-master-cylinder
There are a few masters on that page that look like they "might" work. You will need to compare mounting hole locations. The plunger, or operating rod from the OEM Ascot master may swap over the the new master if needed.

Good luck & please let us know what you find out. It would be nice to have an option for the rear master.

J.

Lefty:
A vacuum bleeder is on the list, but I've pumped this thing manually with all the different set ups and the pressure is brely noticeable, but when I let off there's more & that's why I flipped the O-ring around, but it's the same- I had a thought last night, if the CBR cylinder's mounting holes line up I could get a 90 degree adapter & mount the SS line to that.
Slyphon, can you get me a measurement of the distance between the 2 holes center to center?

Slyphon:
It's about 45 mm. The holes do not properly line up with the holes for the FT500 bolt holes, but since they are 5mm rather than 6mm there is enough space to get the bolt in. The issue with the CBR600 cylinder is since the outlet is at the top, it interferes with the rear peg mount. Here's a photo.

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