yorky Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Ok, having just replaced the piston and seals of the leaking front reservoir of my `97 R1100rt.....its still leaking, is a new / 2nd hand one my only option, assuming the barrel must be worn or scored? Link to comment
oldyam Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I think the answer to that is going to be yes, unless you damaged / marked the seals on reassembly. Whenn you rebuilt the cylinder did you clean the bore all the way to the far end ? If not, did you use full travel on the lever when bleeding the system out ? If corrosion / crud is left in the cylinder and you push the seals into this area at the end of travel, quite often this will damage the seals. Link to comment
yorky Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 Thanks for that Nigel. I have been keeping a very close eye on it the last few days and fluid seems to have stopped weeping...strange! But I am going to take it for a run tonight and see what happens. Stuart Link to comment
oldyam Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Hi Stuart Its possible it wasn't actually leaking if you used brake fluid as a lubricant during seal replacement, if it was only a small amount possibly just the excess fluid outside the seal weeping away. But best to keep an eye on it just in case ... good luck Link to comment
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