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Originally Posted by 1cylinderwonder
You may want to buy a set of J.I.S. Phillip's type of screwdrivers. I believe that J.I.S. means Japanese Industrial Standard. They have a more pointed end and insert deeper into the screw top. It's what I use on my Japanese bikes to remove the top screws from the front hydraulic brake and hydraulic clutch master cylinder caps. Sure saves a lot of stripped screw tops.
Maybe the Chinese bike builders copied the Japanese on using these fasteners?  |
These reservoirs were also overfilled in some cases, spilling a little brake fluid down into the screw hole, adding to the corrosion there. Not a huge deal, but enough to cause some extra difficulty.
It's funny how big a difference it makes using the JIS instead of a standard Phillips head when it's needed. I heard about them a couple of years ago and it definitely made a difference on my Hondas.