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Re: Don't you hate when...
On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:36:18 -0700 (PDT), Tiago Rocha
<diariodastrilhas@gmail . com > wrote:
>What if the <insert expletive here> brake
>piston refuses to go into caliper?
That's what giant Channel Locks are for. I got a very large pair
for just this sort of instance. Sometimes I still have to break the
line though. But re-bleeding isn't usually that big a deal.
Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
fjbradfordREMOVE@tx.rr . com
On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:36:18 -0700 (PDT), Tiago Rocha
<diariodastrilhas@gmail . com > wrote:
>What if the <insert expletive here> brake
>piston refuses to go into caliper?
That's what giant Channel Locks are for. I got a very large pair
for just this sort of instance. Sometimes I still have to break the
line though. But re-bleeding isn't usually that big a deal.
Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
fjbradfordREMOVE@tx.rr . com
Re: Don't you hate when...
In article
<0602a288-8911-477a-856f-0e23c3d6fddf@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups . com >,
Tiago Rocha <diariodastrilhas@gmail . com > wrote:
> an easy, twenty minutes jobs turns into a 4 hour nightmare?
>
> Friday night. I wasn't in the mood for anything but staying home and
> playing MTX (neat MX game for PC). Well, until PC hang and I was left
> with nothing to do. Well, I thought, I could use the spare time to
> replace the rear brake pads on my bike, afterall, I have the pads
> already and bike needed the pad change.
>
> Easy job, just remove wheel, pull old pads, push brake piston back
> into caliper, install new pads and re-mount wheel. How fast can you do
> that? 20 minutes? Less? What if the <insert expletive here> brake
> piston refuses to go into caliper?
>
> I ended up removing piston (complete caliper teardown), cleaning
> everything and replacing fluid. Good thing I have a large
> syringe... :-)
>
> Now I have great brakes that should last - at least - next sunday
> ride. It's raining cats and dogs since friday night. I am sure the
> quicksand at the jar trail had water & time enough to be knee deep. I
> invited a friend who rides for three years, but is slooooow...
> Somewhat I enjoy riding with these types.
>
In that case, I'll be your somewhat riding buddy, one of these years :)
--
Charles
'99 YZ250
In article
<0602a288-8911-477a-856f-0e23c3d6fddf@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups . com >,
Tiago Rocha <diariodastrilhas@gmail . com > wrote:
> an easy, twenty minutes jobs turns into a 4 hour nightmare?
>
> Friday night. I wasn't in the mood for anything but staying home and
> playing MTX (neat MX game for PC). Well, until PC hang and I was left
> with nothing to do. Well, I thought, I could use the spare time to
> replace the rear brake pads on my bike, afterall, I have the pads
> already and bike needed the pad change.
>
> Easy job, just remove wheel, pull old pads, push brake piston back
> into caliper, install new pads and re-mount wheel. How fast can you do
> that? 20 minutes? Less? What if the <insert expletive here> brake
> piston refuses to go into caliper?
>
> I ended up removing piston (complete caliper teardown), cleaning
> everything and replacing fluid. Good thing I have a large
> syringe... :-)
>
> Now I have great brakes that should last - at least - next sunday
> ride. It's raining cats and dogs since friday night. I am sure the
> quicksand at the jar trail had water & time enough to be knee deep. I
> invited a friend who rides for three years, but is slooooow...
> Somewhat I enjoy riding with these types.
>
In that case, I'll be your somewhat riding buddy, one of these years :)
--
Charles
'99 YZ250
Re: Don't you hate when...
"Tiago Rocha" sez:
> an easy, twenty minutes jobs turns into a 4 hour nightmare?
<snip>
This triggered a repressed memory involving an earlier generation XR rear
hub bearing job and a notorious butter soft aluminum bearing carrier when I
shredded the already compromised threads. The fix was more of a 4 week
episode that consisted of shipping off the hub to have a stainless steel
sleeve pressed in and new threads cut. The machinists did an outstanding
job and the finished work was superior to the OEM design. Such is the bane
of the anal-retentive where once something is known to be just not right,
there is no stopping until it is ...
Good maintenance to ya,
VLJ
--
"Tiago Rocha" sez:
> an easy, twenty minutes jobs turns into a 4 hour nightmare?
<snip>
This triggered a repressed memory involving an earlier generation XR rear
hub bearing job and a notorious butter soft aluminum bearing carrier when I
shredded the already compromised threads. The fix was more of a 4 week
episode that consisted of shipping off the hub to have a stainless steel
sleeve pressed in and new threads cut. The machinists did an outstanding
job and the finished work was superior to the OEM design. Such is the bane
of the anal-retentive where once something is known to be just not right,
there is no stopping until it is ...
Good maintenance to ya,
VLJ
--
Re: Don't you hate when...
Hi!
On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:36:18 -0700 (PDT), Tiago Rocha wrote:
> an easy, twenty minutes jobs turns into a 4 hour nightmare?
Never happened for me, always finished the job right on time.
Except when I dropped the camshaft retainer clip of a friend's YZ450 right
into the gearbox. Yeah, and there was the incident, where I had to move a
KTM 620 that had its front brake caliper dangling from the hose
(maintenance job) and accidentally grabbed the brake lever and the pistons
plopped out. Occasionally, I start an oil change on sunday, drained
everything, pulled the filter(s) - only to find out that I had no
replacement. Neither oil, nor filters. Recently, I ordered KTM main jet
plus needle and nozzle/emulsifier tube. After buying new stuff, I threw the
worn parts into the garbage. Later, I learned that
a) you can get a size 80 main jet even if you order size 192
b) finding main jets, needles & stuff in 1m^3 of garbage is no easy thing
to do. I used grip glue and had rubbers that stuck to the throttle tub so
well, that they froze after the first 3cm. Trying to remove them with all
kinds of tools ended in destruction of the throttle tube. Cost me (and
Venhill) three weeks to get a spare. 2 weeks because Venhill wrote "17" as
my street number and not "18" and postal service sent the parcel back to
England. I had exploding tubes after changing trailer tires (and not having
replacements) and spokes that went to the "point of no return" after trying
to loosen them with vice grips.
But apart from that, I always keep my ETAs. Really. At least this was the
case 20 years ago - before I went into IT and motorcycle business.
Cheers,
Volker
--
@: I N F O at B A R T H E L D dot N E T
3W: w w w .bartheld . net
Hi!
On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:36:18 -0700 (PDT), Tiago Rocha wrote:
> an easy, twenty minutes jobs turns into a 4 hour nightmare?
Never happened for me, always finished the job right on time.
Except when I dropped the camshaft retainer clip of a friend's YZ450 right
into the gearbox. Yeah, and there was the incident, where I had to move a
KTM 620 that had its front brake caliper dangling from the hose
(maintenance job) and accidentally grabbed the brake lever and the pistons
plopped out. Occasionally, I start an oil change on sunday, drained
everything, pulled the filter(s) - only to find out that I had no
replacement. Neither oil, nor filters. Recently, I ordered KTM main jet
plus needle and nozzle/emulsifier tube. After buying new stuff, I threw the
worn parts into the garbage. Later, I learned that
a) you can get a size 80 main jet even if you order size 192
b) finding main jets, needles & stuff in 1m^3 of garbage is no easy thing
to do. I used grip glue and had rubbers that stuck to the throttle tub so
well, that they froze after the first 3cm. Trying to remove them with all
kinds of tools ended in destruction of the throttle tube. Cost me (and
Venhill) three weeks to get a spare. 2 weeks because Venhill wrote "17" as
my street number and not "18" and postal service sent the parcel back to
England. I had exploding tubes after changing trailer tires (and not having
replacements) and spokes that went to the "point of no return" after trying
to loosen them with vice grips.
But apart from that, I always keep my ETAs. Really. At least this was the
case 20 years ago - before I went into IT and motorcycle business.
Cheers,
Volker
--
@: I N F O at B A R T H E L D dot N E T
3W: w w w .bartheld . net
