I soaked the master cylinder in fluid film over night and tried the screws again with an easy-out. Still no luck so I call the local dealer and the master cylinder is $285 plus 13% tax, that's just crazy. I told him what I can get one for south of the boarder and he said that it cost's him $60 more that that amount. So I ordered a new master cylinder for $130 US. Hopefully I don't get nailed too bad with duties. The mfgers certainly know how to stick it to Canadian customers and dealers.

 

I paid 126 for mine (Honda 450) plus shipping so that's about right until customs. Sorry you had to buy a new one but now you know it'll last a long time.

BTW my disc conversion showed up today! Gotta wait til next weekend to install as tomorrow is my 11th anniversary and the wife won't let me stay home to work on the bike. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Well the snow finally went enough to take a ride on the old beast... or dog I should say, man this thing is slow, so slow I'm probably going to sell it.

 

Under or over 40? What did you expect out of it? Mine won't go any more than 40 right now, no need for fifth gear at all, the rpm's don't get high enough to do anything, I am sure it's a high jet (tuning) problem or adjustment, but I don't know how to tune a four stroke yet. People have told me they have hit 53-57 on thier KQ300s, but I am not seeing that yet. Maybe after a shop visit, and a whole lot of duckits (money). I look at it this way, yes it is worth fixing up an older quad, why, cause it made it this long with it's original parts, it should keep going with newer original parts for just as long as before, of coarse there will always be things that need tuning or replacing.

Also think my valves are caked with guk...That might be the whole problem really.

MPH by the way, not KPH...

 

Nice lookin Zilla there QWODER. Don't see many that nice.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: OLDSCHOOLQUAD

Under or over 40? What did you expect out of it? Mine won't go any more than 40 right now, no need for fifth gear at all, the rpm's don't get high enough to do anything, I am sure it's a high jet (tuning) problem or adjustment, but I don't know how to tune a four stroke yet. People have told me they have hit 53-57 on thier KQ300s, but I am not seeing that yet. Maybe after a shop visit, and a whole lot of duckits (money). I look at it this way, yes it is worth fixing up an older quad, why, cause it made it this long with it's original parts, it should keep going with newer original parts for just as long as before, of coarse there will always be things that need tuning or replacing.



Also think my valves are caked with guk...That might be the whole problem really.



MPH by the way, not KPH...</end quote></div>


Got to 70 km/h pinned in 5th going down hill, fast enough with no front brakes... it's not so much the top speed but how long it takes to get there and how much it bogs down going back up the hill. I think I have a bearing or something on it's way out in the front end, seems to be making a pulsing 'woosh' noise at faster speeds (relatively speaking lol).