It is time for me to rebuild the clutch master cylinder again. I will get the rebuild kit in a couple of days, so no worries there. My problem is instead how to do it.

I rememeber that I have somewhere on the internet seen a very good hands on manual on how to do the rebuild. Of course I can´t remember which website it was on. Any hints or even links to the website in question will be much appreciated.

Mikko Lindskog
Norrköping
Sweden

I haven't done one in about 25 years now, or at least since e-bay was invented. But, from what I remember,its pretty straight forward. there is some kind of retaining ring, either a simple wire hoop in a slot, or a clip that that requires the tiny needle nose pliers. There's a spring behind it, so be ready when you get the retaining ring loose. Use a digital camera to take pictures as it comes apart, so you can remember the order. DON'T WASH THE PARTS IN GASOLINE OR OTHER COMMON SOLVENT!! It reacts with the rubber and will make it swell, and nothing will work properly. Use Q-tips and brake fluid to clean everything, or a product for cleaning brake parts. Of course, wear gloves and glasses. Lay out a towel to work on, it keeps things clean, and parts don't roll away on you. Use brake fluid as your assembly lube. If you haven't got a fresh bottle of brake fluid, nows a good time to buy one. Beer when you are done.

Cheers,

Thankx for the answer! After some searching through old bike papers, I found the manual I was looking for. Luckily I had printed the thing. The funny part is that it was on the old ducatipaso.org web site under the adress

http://ducatipaso.org/maintenance/clutc ... clutch.htm

It is not there anymore. Hopefully it is somewhere on the present web site, and I just didn´t find it. If not, my suggestion is to put it there again, as it was a very useful help for rebuilding the clutch master cylinder.

just my two cents

regards
Mikko in Norrköping, Sweden

Great!
Just some further information, Ducati themselves does not sell this repair kit anymore. One has to buy them from Brembo, at least according to the dealer here in Sweden where I bought my kit.

Mikko

So, job done. Haven´t poured fluid into the system and tested it yet though. And yes, I changed two things: I didn´t tap gently to get the stuff in place, used more force, and I had a Pilsner Urquell instead of the Guiness.

regards
Mikko

Cool.
Now i found this "how to". Today. Thanks G

I finished the clutch cylinder yesterday, but i don`t mind. Maybe i have to rebuild it again, we will see... the manual attached to the kit by Brembo was for another type of cylinder. I do not know, if i put the main seal in the right way... or maybe upside down...

The most complicted thing was to get out the wire ring which holds the seal and the other plastic ring down. After i moved it a bit, i found the hole for the pin...

Jo