Well I made things worse.
When I tried taking the top off of the master cylinder to bleed the brakes, I discovered that the screws holding it on are made out of the softest metal on earth – or maybe cheese. I’m not sure. I got one off then stripped the other – have never seen a screw this soft before. So I ran down to the store and bought some drill bit that is supposed to bite into a stripped screw and pull it out but that wound up just boring a nice dish shaped indentation into the screw and now the top of it is nice and smooth and shiny
. Interestingly, both of my next door neighbors are named Bob. One of them used to be some sort of mechanic so when he gets home I’m going to have to see if he can fix what I have apparently broken.
This is why I have two bikes…
