z1100st A1 (re - birth) lots of pics?

freddyz1r · #121 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:29 am

The circlip is out :hoo

oops, got too excited not much else is budging.
The 'plunger' part is definitely 'free', the spring is returning it with great vigour :shock:

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Put it back into soaking mode for the time being, then I'll get a bit more aggressive later :wink:

(A bit worried the plastic 'filler' on the side (( which also is fused in place)) may be the part to surrender first :oops:

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Buying a potential problem (which I've already got) doesn't sit well with me either. I'll just keep at it until something gives way :lol:

cheerz freddy

freddyz1r · #122 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:39 am

Found it much easier to remove the bleed nipple while the hanger was still attached :oops:

Probably should have done this job while still attached to the legs :roll:

freddyz1r · #123 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:53 am

Hanger separated from the caliper, sliders stripped off . (We are on a roll

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Funny how things can get easier with practice :lol:

freddyz1r · #124 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:04 am

Noticed on this caliper, that the face of the piston has a small amount missing (tried to highlight /make darker the intact part).
Will this make any odds????
My thoughts on it are, theres plenty of flat surface for the back of the pad to sit flush with :?:

freddyz1r · #125 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:11 am

Piston pushed back with trusty g clamp again

started prepping the calipers for a turn in the blaster :twisted:

(What did I do before the blasting cabinet :?:

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washers and masking tape (what a strange mixture!)

And of course the hangers before they go in there as well :wink:

freddyz1r · #126 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:28 am

Now then, the front reservoir is looking quite rough :oops:

removed the brake light wiring, no apparent problems there.

the plunger is moving freely and I can remember the front brake worked a treat :up

freddyz1r · #127 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:20 am

The screw heads on the reservoir lid were (as expected) chewed up and no purchase could be had :cry:

I weighed up my various options I had to hand

quite limited :shock:

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while doing this stripdown, my 'black & decker wizard' (dremel) decided not to want to play anymore. So I decided on my next best tool for the job :?:

multi-tool cutter, with my smallest metal blade fitted. This proved to be a right handful and left me with not just cuts in the screw heads :oops:

but, it had 'scratched' into both sides of each screw head as well

I had previously tried (many years ago) chopping a new 'flat head' into a screw and ended up breaking the lid and thus rendering it useless. But, other than drilling the heads off ( last resort :?:

) I couldn't see any other viable alternative.

freddyz1r · #128 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:30 am

With the aid of a couple more butchering tools, enough of a 'flat head' was created and success was had :hot

freddyz1r · #129 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:25 pm

Calipers and their hangers etc all blasted up

IMO they've come out great :xbou

need to sort out what kind of paint etc next, any ideas :?:

freddyz1r · #130 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:40 pm

The only part that hasn't come out as good as I'd like

is the front brake reservoir lid.
If you remember, while trying to get the 2 screws out, I put a couple of cuts in the top :oops:

These are still visible

I could file 'em then re-blast, but I think the paint will fill the scratches up :up

mick znone · #131 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:44 pm

i would use p38 body filler to fill the nicks in the reserved lid, trying to use
paint as a filler doesnt always work and its a pain to have to resand and fill later on.

freddyz1r · #132 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:33 pm

Good point mick :up

I've actually got just the thing = that 'qiksteel' stuff :wink:

ideal for this job.
cheerz freddy

freddyz1r · #133 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:10 pm

The rear master cylinder has taken a battering :shock:

there are now a couple of pieces that have chipped off, (due to je hitting it too hard :oops:

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It may be game over for this part :cry:

I've left it to soak again, but I think it's too welded. I managed to actually get hold of the end of the circlip, but it just snapped.difficult to get a photo

freddyz1r · #134 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:28 pm

The front master cylinder / reservoir has blasted up nicely

went a little bit timid on this, best safe than sorry :??

The only minor problem is behind the window.
You can see a little corrosion, I've tried to get in throgh the slot at the rear but it's to no avail

Is it possible to remove the inspection window and then replace it :?:

freddyz1r · #135 PostAuthor: **freddyz1r** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:33 am

Made a start at stripping the front end.
Noticed straight away that the discs are held on by 6mm (allen head) studs, whereas the rear was held on by 5mm :??

6mm seemed to ring true with me, from some vague memory of snapping 6mm allen keys on I think GT750 discs :shock:

you'll notice on the second picture, the mudguard has a split in it :cry:

I did no this was their. But I had never seen this happen before :?:

it doesn't really matter because it won't be going back on :wink:

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