Rear Brake Reservoir access

[tomewing_imp]

I tried to search on this as I can't be the first to ask this question, but can find nothing, so here goes. I was planning on changing the brake and clutch fluids today. 2013 and they are getting dark. When I tired to open the rear brake reservoir, you cannot get the cap off as it hits the frame. It looks like a "project" to loosen up the reservoir to tilt it, but I see no choice. Can't believe they would engineer it so you cannot open the cap without moving the reservoir. Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for any help here

[kmoney_imp]

I tried to search on this as I can't be the first to ask this question, but can find nothing, so here goes. I was planning on changing the brake and clutch fluids today. 2013 and they are getting dark. When I tired to open the rear brake reservoir, you cannot get the cap off as it hits the frame. It looks like a "project" to loosen up the reservoir to tilt it, but I see no choice. Can't believe they would engineer it so you cannot open the cap without moving the reservoir. Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for any help here

It's incredibly tight in there. I had to remove the storage box (one phillips screw and the single push pin) and then remove the single 10mm bolt that holds the reservoir in there. It's pretty simple, but agreed, it's annoying for something that you would be opening up semi-regularly.

[Lord Popgun]

What Kmoney did is what I did when I bled mine.

[Rocky_imp]

Thanks for the warning.
Too bad a simple job has been made a bit complicated.

[LakeWylieJoe_imp]

Yeah, Honda service manual has you remove the single mounting bolt on the reservoir and more it slightly away from the frame before opening. The storage box has to come out to do that.

--Joe