Dark-Jon
24-04-2005, 08:39 PM
not as much fun as you may think ;)
I've finally gotten around to fitting my twin disc conversion on my bike but have run into a bit of a problem. Discs, callipers and master cylinder all on and bled through and seemed to be working fine, no leaks or furious pumping (back to those twins again :D )
However, took the bike for a spin, brakes seemed good and strong so all fine. On the way back to my house (only went around the block) the bike seemed to be braking of its own accord and got to a point where by slipping the clutch loads all I could get it to do was skid the front wheel or spin the back wheel (yay my first little burn out :lol: ) Had to take the pads out of one of the callipers to get it going, not fun in the middle of the road (literally). As far as I can tell, the near-side calliper is fine but on the off-side calliper one of the pistons is really stiff, would this be causing the brakes to stay on and indeed get stronger? I thought I'd checked them all before assembly and they seemed fine. They're not brand new callipers so I can't exactly take em back to the shop. Can you get replacement calliper pistons and seals or is the job a no no. I know I can with my Mini but that probably means naff all.
Anyone, need to get it sorted before Friday :confused:
DJ
Oh by the way, the miss' muttered summint about why tinker with it if it ain't broken? :rolleyes:
I've finally gotten around to fitting my twin disc conversion on my bike but have run into a bit of a problem. Discs, callipers and master cylinder all on and bled through and seemed to be working fine, no leaks or furious pumping (back to those twins again :D )
However, took the bike for a spin, brakes seemed good and strong so all fine. On the way back to my house (only went around the block) the bike seemed to be braking of its own accord and got to a point where by slipping the clutch loads all I could get it to do was skid the front wheel or spin the back wheel (yay my first little burn out :lol: ) Had to take the pads out of one of the callipers to get it going, not fun in the middle of the road (literally). As far as I can tell, the near-side calliper is fine but on the off-side calliper one of the pistons is really stiff, would this be causing the brakes to stay on and indeed get stronger? I thought I'd checked them all before assembly and they seemed fine. They're not brand new callipers so I can't exactly take em back to the shop. Can you get replacement calliper pistons and seals or is the job a no no. I know I can with my Mini but that probably means naff all.
Anyone, need to get it sorted before Friday :confused:
DJ
Oh by the way, the miss' muttered summint about why tinker with it if it ain't broken? :rolleyes: