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well im getting down and dirty with this i pulled the master off. noticed the hose was very very soft? also im going to have to take a pic to show you this and figure out how to post it? this master has been fixed kind of welded. by the fill bolt? they did a good job but still? well i pulled the top cover off and damn!!! PO must have had this bike over in the sand lot? inside was a yellowish looking film? and what felt like grains of sand? i could pull it out like snot!! and the white plunger thing for the brake switch was stuck? im now going to give it a good cleaning. reinstall the new hose i bought re flush out the brake system. forth time has got to do it? but now its miller time and the nephew and niece are going to be here to see and stay with uncle jim. while mom and dad get a little time to them selfs. plus i get cookie and cream ice cream. now where did i put them barney tapes:scratchchin:
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please be care full out there this weekend. i have not met any of you yet but i feel this is like a big family. and i would hate to hear bad news about anyone going down getting hit ect ect. be safe out there my friends. enjoy the weekend and ride like everyone is out to get ya. oldgoat:Venture:
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yep i think the master might be shot to heck? good old skydock bless his soul got a PM off to me on what to do. going to give it a shot latter this evening. if that dont work. he has other options. poor man had back surgery and still took the time to get to my PM hes tops in my book talked abot replace with a mkll rear master? i just cant understand why good old yahmaha didnt put a darn sight glass on these rear masters? or some kind of darn dip stick. all right im waiteing for it?
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im with boomer on this. then down under to see some of our great ones there.
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that made my day thanks. and every one be safe this weekend.
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ok im going to wait for skydoc to get better then im sending the calipers out for a fresh rebuild. i tried every thing in the book. i bought a mighty vac flushed the system. new DOT 4 . as thats all the store had on the shelf. took it out for a ride today just up and down my back road here after about a mile of back and forth it locked up again this time 5 ft from my front door. so im lucky there. so my opion is calipers need a rebuild? it must be sticking? sorry to rant here guys and gals too. i will be comming into some money in december due to a uncle who passed on. so a new bike might be in order? but this one will remain with me its gotten to be a chalenge and sooner or later one of us is going to give in LOL
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have a safe trip
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ok just a dumb question since i got windows 2000 laying around here what if i just down load it to some flopy disks for him?
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if you have the cd and it wont work. did you try START/RUN/D:/ and this should open up and show all thats installed on the cd go to the install file on the cd of that windows2000 and it should do a install over the top.
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im haveing computer problems but got your pm. im sending all of it complete radio amp. everything just cost of shipping and a donation to st judes its just takeing up room i know what they go for but hey this is a family type thing. i think its cheaper by going united postal take about 5-7 days?
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84 xvz1200 standard 1/4 mile tips
oldgoat replied to PEIslander's topic in Venture and Venture Royale Tech Talk ('83 - '93)
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you know i had to stop and think about the one female in my life who never tried to change me. i had a old honda 750 with a side car rig. the minute i fired it up this female was ready to go. allways excited jumping up and down. she had nice shiny black hair. was allways ready when i called her. even if i had a bad day she understood and never tried to add to that bad day. just came running out the door and looked at me with thoes black eyes and i knew it was time to ride away my problems but at last after 12 wonderfull years together she left me. damn i sure do miss that black lab:bawling:
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hey i got me one of them impact screwdrivers at a tool auction last night for 2 bucks with all the tips well since i had to remove the brake cap cover and clutch to check fluids i used it. it was old so whack got the brake ones out whack whack got the clutch ones out. then i went to turn it to tighten and i found out why i got it cheap its froze in the losey position. but hey it got the job done and the phillip and regular tips plus 6 to 10 mm sockets are worth the 2 bucks.
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just an update on dianne, they did surgery on her wrist a small plate and some screws, thursday a MRI on the left knee. poor girl can hardly walk on it. shes now dealing with the womans insuarnce company. 3 estimates on the bike are close to total. its worse then she thought bent forks. all fairing gone windshield, and motor leaking oil from some place on right side this is a ninja 2007 with just 8500 miles custom pink cost her close to 2500. of course bet they wont cover that? but she says when she gets thing settled she will join us here. said something about going with a v star now? shes a good friend and im wishing her a speedy recovery. as soon as i can get into the yard where her bike is i will try and get some pics.
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thanks to all off you for your great help. we got it done. had to spray the linkage and fiddle with the brake light switch. but got that working. we went with a manual mighty vac and just went at it like crazy let me tell you for 40 bucks plus uncle sam this is a good investment tool. with someone watching the master and helping me we went through almost a full 12 ounce can i went dot 4. they tried to talk me into something called dot 5? but that has silicone in it and i was thinking that could be a bad thing. they also said they had special brake fluid they could order with a high boiling point cost 25 bucks for a 32 ounce bottle ? and made for ABS systems? we went and bleed them till the warring light came on. so just a litttle bitty more fluid and light went off. took it out for a 10 mile run and took the 8mm wrench with me no lock up and ran fine. so we think we got it right still a little soft feel but could just be me as i been out on the maxim and theres a differance between the 2 so can you say jim is a happy camper. if you where all close by drinks would be on me
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im going to get slack on this how does one do the front left bleeding by yourself if no one is around to pump the brake lever? ok im done posting
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well i got a sticky brake light switch i think. just pump the foot lever and sometimes it snaps back press hard on it and the brake light stays on. where all most there with getting it done. man there is air in this system. we put new dot 4 in it and where letting it sit till monday night. also we changed out the front brake fluid that was waiting to become a problem. real dark looking filled it pumped it little spongy so we zip tied it and going to let it sit. if i need to rebuild these calipers any good place to get the kits? i know sky dock does theses for around 70 per? is it a send in yours and he sends ya the rebuilts. kind of a swap thing. if all else fails off to freebirds on a trailer for MD and ill bring some thing for MD to pay for the help?
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yep im thinking pull the master as a last thing to do and check the wee wee hole. man i would hate to have to replace the pads again because of a ID10t error:bang head:
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thanks everyone where working on it tonight. the turkey baster sounds like a good idea fill it up bleed it off. then check for amount of fluid and drain or add as needed. went looking for bleeder screws but forgot its sunday LOL also i got one of these ear wax flusher bulbs would that work to fill it or drain some? looks long enough and why can i ride the bike around town and up and down my road and it wont over heat the brakes only when i take it for a fast ride up to 45 mph. and around 2 miles before it does it? heat from exhaust and just plain time for the rear to heat up? right now brakes are spongy? also last night we turned on the key and even though the brakes where free rear brake light was on. i backed of the brake peddle about 2 turns someone adjusted it to tight. not me i swear. so iam thinking brake lever to tight working the brake in town before i hit that back road started makeing contact with the rotor till it got hot and locked. wow never had this hard a time bleeding cars LOL
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has any one ever used one of these to do the brakes on a first generation? im working on flushing the whole brake system to stop this overheating locking up problem. it looks like a good one man operation tool. and for 40 bucks a good investment i think? it wont over fill the master i hope? its hot out there today not even high noon and 80 whew and no shade trees where i live i just got a small off street lot to work on. i swear you can see heat deamons comming off that lot. so im thinking late evening or early morning monday. and i will pick up this tool if it meets the ventures aproval here
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wow had me worried there for a minute also:shock3:
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yep when sky doc gets better and i figure out how to install the lines im thinking delinking theses suckers and go steel? i heard about rk1 calipers too. i was going to give up on this bike but im starting to work on it myself and its a learning thing.
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thanks ruffy steaks are on the grill friends are comming over. and yep im thinking about doing the rebuild of calipers. just need to know where to get the parts? also thought about getting a replacement rear master off pinwall on ebay. this one sure looks rough. i went out and adjusted the brake lever. and got some rear brakes now but im not going for a long ride to try it out. its hot out here and im just too darn old to sit by the side of the road. and look like a lost puppy. but hey just like any old venture it still got me home. im thinking no steaks for them till they help with the bike. but im not like that so maybe $12 per plate LOL
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no one:think: hmm must be jim put the bike back in the garage your stupid to own a venture:rasberry:
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ok what am i doing wrong? i worked on my brakes a while back. i did over fill the rear master and had a overheat lock up. i lossened the bango bolts as i couldnt get the bleeder lose. this was a roadside emergency. i sat for a half hour. drank some water. and the bike was ready to go. yesterday it was in the 60,s i went for a 12 mile ride all was well. today its in the 80,s i went for a ride and damn i wasent even hardly useing the brakes just going up a hill got to top and then a nice long country road awaits me. then it happened again. brakes locked up? once again opened the bango bolts i need to get new bleeders . these are some what rounded off by PO. now there is no brakes what so ever for rear and left front. thats ok as i made it home. but did i put the wrong brake fluid in there and its over heating? bike says DOT3? i bet this has a low boiling point. any sugestions.? i borrowed my maxim and now looks like a no ride day. just sit back grill some steaks and get wasted. i guess. i did replace the rotors all new pads rotors where used from pinwalls off of ebay. only 21000 miles on them and looked good? well time to fire up the barbie i guess?