What is going on with my brakes?

[Guest]

Replaced my lever and master cylinder/lever with an ebay special (I know). Took awhile to bleed but I got the job done and was able to enjoy riding the end of the good weather here in PA. About a week ago I was walking past the old GS in the garage when I noticed the brake line was pinched at an awkward angle and had moisture building up on the hose. Any ideas?

[alkswheetinjur]

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here's a pic of the hose that's all jazzed up

[alkswheetinjur]

and another sorry I'm terrible at using this forum

[Nessism]

Cheap chinese master?

[alkswheetinjur]

Yeah. Safe to say it's shot?

[dorkburger]

Is that "moisture" brake fluid? I'm thinking its a cheap rubber hose and the fliud damaged / softened it. It would explain the sudden kink also.

[alkswheetinjur]

I believe it is brake fluid almost sweating out, no obvious holes or cracks. If I was to replace just the hose what kind should I be looking for? (what kind isn't going to collapse on itself)

[steveb922]

I think I'd be looking for a combined reservoir/master cylinder in order to eliminate the hose completely.

[TxGSrider]

The first thing that came to mind for me was... If they used the wrong material on that hose, I wonder what they used on the inside???

[salty_monk]

Yep, sweating for sure...

[dorkburger]

Do you know what brand the M/C is? I'm looking for one differently configured from my stock one, and don't want that one.....
Im going to try the route of a different OEM unit.

[mmattockx]

Is that "moisture" brake fluid? I'm thinking its a cheap rubber hose and the fliud damaged / softened it. It would explain the sudden kink also.

I am going to go with this explanation.

Do you know what brand the M/C is? I'm looking for one differently configured from my stock one, and don't want that one.....
Im going to try the route of a different OEM unit.

Most sport bikes use a remote reservoir like the one shown in OP these days. If you can find the size you need (5/8" bore for most double caliper set ups on GS's) there should be dozens to choose from on fleabay.

For instance: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1996-Suzuki-G...dYCNKd&vxp=mtr


A question for OP: in the first picture you posted is your brake line cracked where it emerges from the banjo bolt cover?


Mark

[alkswheetinjur]

Not sure of brand name but they are these turds: http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-8-Universa...ui5Pew&vxp=mtr

Not sure if that was the actual seller or not but they are a dime a dozen on there. I've seen them used on a lot of UJM builds, thought they looked neat and didn't see any bad reviews. Oh well, lesson learned I guess.

[alkswheetinjur]

Yes the outer rubber is cracking in places but the steel braiding inside is all intact. New lines will be going on before spring.

[fastbysuzuki]

Think the name of the seller sums it up "Topfashion2000" sells more woman's stuff than bike stuff.
as said before get a combined master cylinder and reservoir, junk the chinnese stuff.
What was wrong with your original master cylinder?