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Re: Chinese levers - :D
« Reply #50 on: 04 November 2015, 08:34:10 pm »
If I had a brain cell, it would be lonely!!  DOH, yes that was the clutch one, grabbed it in haste this morning.


This is my brake, but still doesn't look totally right.  Mine is a 51 plate FZS600


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Re: Chinese levers - :D
« Reply #51 on: 04 November 2015, 09:05:34 pm »
If I had a brain cell, it would be lonely!!  DOH, yes that was the clutch one, grabbed it in haste this morning.


This is my brake, but still doesn't look totally right.  Mine is a 51 plate FZS600





Still does not look like mine or the one in the fowlers parts catalog. And is the set up wheel working I mean for the life of me I cannot see where is the moving part there to set up the lever?
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Re: Chinese levers - :D
« Reply #52 on: 05 November 2015, 07:16:35 am »
Oh well, that's that then, one set of leavers going in the for sale section  :\    Guess my bike has had some changes made.  I can see that there has been a plastic weld on the RHS of the bike, am now thinking it was crashed and had to have a new brake and it was taken off a whatever they could get.


re adjustment, there are holes of different depths inside the bit with numbers on that turns round.
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Re: Chinese levers - :D
« Reply #53 on: 05 November 2015, 11:38:50 am »
Oh well, that's that then, one set of leavers going in the for sale section  :\    Guess my bike has had some changes made.  I can see that there has been a plastic weld on the RHS of the bike, am now thinking it was crashed and had to have a new brake and it was taken off a whatever they could get.


re adjustment, there are holes of different depths inside the bit with numbers on that turns round.

Why not just buy a standard brake mastercylinder for the FZS and fit the lever, I've one you can have for a beer + postage
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« Reply #54 on: 05 November 2015, 11:45:16 am »
Thanks for the offer but I'm pretty crap at mechanics and I don't get a lot of time to work on my bike.  30 minute jobs always turn into an afternoon or worse so over the years I've learnt to leave well alone ha ha


I've never replaced a master cylinder or bled brakes and I can see a garage bill coming up if I touch it, that's what normally happens!  I have extensive history of this LOL  :o


Foc it, I'll have a look at the Haynes tonight and see how many spanners the job is and go from there........  ;)
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Re: Chinese levers - :D
« Reply #55 on: 05 November 2015, 12:11:58 pm »
Thanks for the offer but I'm pretty crap at mechanics and I don't get a lot of time to work on my bike.  30 minute jobs always turn into an afternoon or worse so over the years I've learnt to leave well alone ha ha


I've never replaced a master cylinder or bled brakes and I can see a garage bill coming up if I touch it, that's what normally happens!  I have extensive history of this LOL  :o


Foc it, I'll have a look at the Haynes tonight and see how many spanners the job is and go from there........  ;)

Cover up any paintwork with blastic bags and cloths (old towel works for me) empty your mastercylinder while still attached to you bars (I soak the fluid up with kitchen towel being careful to drop it into a plastic bag to prevent spillage) Loosen the banjo bolt (bolt that connects the hose to the cylinder) disconnect the brake light switch, undo the bolts clamping the cylinder to the bars. Remove the banjo bolt without shaking it around to much and connect straight to your replacement cylinder, clamp to bar, Have a cup of tea.
Refill the new cylinder and put a zip tie around the lever and leave over night (this pretty much self bleeds saving you some work in the morning)

Check your lever feel in the morning and bleed if required.

Providing you dont loose to much fluid from your top hose when changing the cylinders you will find it will require very little bleeding.

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Re: Chinese levers - :D
« Reply #56 on: 21 November 2015, 08:45:19 am »
I've been looking at some levers on ebay, however when I contacted seller they said they didn't have any for my bike. (98 FZS) Even though their heading lists the levers as 98 FZS when you read the description it says they're for a 97-03 FZ6.


That's the same bike isn't it?


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« Reply #57 on: 21 November 2015, 09:31:41 am »
I've been looking at some levers on ebay, however when I contacted seller they said they didn't have any for my bike. (98 FZS) Even though their heading lists the levers as 98 FZS when you read the description it says they're for a 97-03 FZ6.


That's the same bike isn't it?


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FZ6 is the fuel injected updated version of the FZS.
Technically a different bike.


You can look on here to compare part numbers if they are compatible or not.


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Re: Chinese levers - :D
« Reply #58 on: 21 November 2015, 09:41:17 am »
That's what I thought. But I didn't think it was built from 97-03 which is what their add suggests.

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Re: Chinese levers - :D
« Reply #59 on: 25 November 2015, 04:33:16 pm »
I've been looking at some levers on ebay, however when I contacted seller they said they didn't have any for my bike. (98 FZS) Even though their heading lists the levers as 98 FZS when you read the description it says they're for a 97-03 FZ6.


That's the same bike isn't it?


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That's what I thought. But I didn't think it was built from 97-03 which is what their add suggests.


Exactly. The ad does not make sense, because FZ6 is made only after 2004. Only FZS is made from 97-03 and there are two models FZS good news is the levers for both models, although having different part numbers in the part suppliers like fowlers, are absolutely the same levers, see old forum about that here: http://fazerowners.yuku.com/topic/27846/Front-brake-levers?page=#.VlXgsL8_RYc

Hence your best bet is to ask the ebay vendor. If the levers are for Fazer 98-03 they must fit. No FZ6 Fazer was produced during this time.

These are the levers I bought and they are listed as YAMAHA FZS600 FAZER 1998-2003 levers.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NGB-Gold-brake-clutch-levers-For-YAMAHA-FZS600-FAZER-1998-2003-/321561894602?hash=item4ade951eca:g:GlcAAOSwF1dUSmHW
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