Herr_man
XS400 Enthusiast
Dear fellow enthusiast, I'm no mechanic but I thought it would be easy to change my brake fluid on my '82 XS400.
• So I got the the brake fluid.
• I hooked up the clear plastic tube to the drain plug and put the other end in a container with the end submerged in new fluid.
• I opened the screws on the brake fluid reservoir, well here comes the shitty part, one of the screws were stripped so I went to buy a screw removal tool and a metal drill. The idea was to drill a tiny hole in the stripped screw and then screw down the screw removal tool and bring it up that way. Well the screw removal tool got chipped off and got stuck. I tried to drill through the chipped off part but to no use. I went to get the hardest metal screw the hardware store carries but it still doesn't work. It feels like the screw removal tool is made out of the hardest material known to man..
So now I drained the bike on some fluid (by accident, I know I'm not suppose to drain before I topped of the reservoir) and I have no way to refill more. Any ideas how to fix this? Can I get a replacement part just for the plastic top on the reservoir or do I need to get the whole assembly.
I am submitting some pictures for you to laugh at.
• So I got the the brake fluid.
• I hooked up the clear plastic tube to the drain plug and put the other end in a container with the end submerged in new fluid.
• I opened the screws on the brake fluid reservoir, well here comes the shitty part, one of the screws were stripped so I went to buy a screw removal tool and a metal drill. The idea was to drill a tiny hole in the stripped screw and then screw down the screw removal tool and bring it up that way. Well the screw removal tool got chipped off and got stuck. I tried to drill through the chipped off part but to no use. I went to get the hardest metal screw the hardware store carries but it still doesn't work. It feels like the screw removal tool is made out of the hardest material known to man..
So now I drained the bike on some fluid (by accident, I know I'm not suppose to drain before I topped of the reservoir) and I have no way to refill more. Any ideas how to fix this? Can I get a replacement part just for the plastic top on the reservoir or do I need to get the whole assembly.
I am submitting some pictures for you to laugh at.