RandyBMC wrote:
Dude, really nice work!
I'm using OBP units which are pretty affordable. I think Pegasus or Summit sells them. Here's a photo of them
Thanks for the compliment. I did see those on the Pegasus website and I think they will be my next choice if making my own doesn't work out. They seem to be the best choice for plastic ones.
Lonnie-S wrote:
I have the Wilwood kits, Lee, which give you both an attached and remote reservoir option. I had planned to use the remotes, but after reading a thread here on how poorly they performed, I just made room for the directly attached ones.
There is a fix for the remotes. You'll have to do a search as I don't have a link to the thread to share with you.
Cheers,
I did a bunch of searching and I did figure out how to make them seal by carefully lubricating the o-ring with a small amount or brake safe silicone grease. Making sure that the o rings don't twist when assembling the base and reservoir, and finally making a ring of 0.050" thick aluminum to go between the plastic and the hose clamp to evenly distribute the clamp loads. I have had them filled for about a week now without any leaks. The only thing is that the reservoirs them selves are molded really poorly and the cap wont even stay on two of the four that I have.
So I have decided to try my hand at making my own reservoir. It will be a single reservoir that is divided to separate the front and rear brakes. I dug through my drops and found a section of 2"x4" aluminum box tube that I am going to weld a divider in the middle of along with caps on the ends. I took another scrap piece of aluminum bar and machined a weld bung for the Wilwood cap that will be welded on the top of the reservoir to finish it off.