Anyway, missed a couple of things with the front brake.
Pulled the seal out from the caliper piston:
It's a bit hard, so definitely needs replacing.
The diaphragm seems to have gotten into better shape sitting on the bench, so John's suggestion may work yet:
And I pulled the metal bracket off the reservoir cover to clean them up:
So onto the rear drum. When I did the paint on the back wheel, I broke the glaze on the lining and shoes, but didn't adjust it.
First I located this spring:
That belongs here:
And put it on:
That explains why the brake lever didn't feel right.
There's a bolt hiding under that spring to adjust the lever height, which I adjusted as per the manual for now, 20 - 30mm below the foot peg.
Now the adjustor bolt on the rod to the brake actuator is nowhere near right and pushing on the brake lever doesn't even come close to engaging the shoes on the liner:
Wound it in quite a way so there's about 20 - 30mm of lever movement to engage the brake:
With the brake on hard it's still well within the wear marks too.
I'll fine tune the adjustments once I can get on a ride it, but at least it works now.
Next, onto the clutch lever and cable.
Hung the cable up to lube while I started on the lever, turns out I have a little shelf at the perfect height:
I just used WD for the moment, should be good enough to make sure the cable's ok. It's not frayed or anything and looks and feels good after the lube job.
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