pa308 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 Hi everyone im new here so this is my first post. Please i hope u can help me figure out whats up with my shee. I really want to ride but cant do so without brakes. heres my first problem. My back brakes just wont work for me. The caliber mounting bracket is hitting the rotor. I put on a new one but that didnt fix it. Also the caliber is about half an inch away from the mounting point on the axle. If iwas to put it on and tighten it up it would bend my rotortowards the center of the bike. am i missing spacers or something. i looked in the manual and on here through numerous post but cant piece it together. Then my other prob is my front brakes. I just put on new old styler calibers cause i have an 87 and used the newer brake lines. is that a prob. These have a banjo bolt while the look like they just screwed in. Im pretty competent with tools and such but man this ones im leavin for the experts which would be u guys. Thanks alot bansheehq i hope u guys can help the new guy out Quote
Face Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 Welcome to the site! :cool: That stinks bro. My bike is in the shop right now getting some brake work done. My rears dont grab at all. I push the lever and they dont do anything. it sucks. my advice is WHO NEEDS BRAKES? not really its spooky trying to ride without brakes. sorry I dont have any info for you. Quote
pa308 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Posted February 20, 2008 thanks a lot man. my brakes work j ust the caliber alignment and such is way off. thanks again face Quote
pa308 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Posted February 20, 2008 Where you from bro? im from the great coal hill areas of central pa. its called halifax. u ever here of rausch creek. im bout half an hour from that. i see ur from utah. Quote
Face Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 Where do you ride out there? Dunes? Mountains? Quote
pa308 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Posted February 20, 2008 Where do you ride out there? Dunes? Mountains? in all honesty face i havent been ridin for awhile. theres a pretty wide variety of stuff to ride on. im my region its mostly old coal mining areas. lots of hill climbs but theres other terrain navigate. my last bike was an rm80 whew how fast lol. ive been ridin all my life just now gettin back into it again. im 24 now and havent been hardcore ridin in bout 8 to 10 years so i cant wait to rip it up again. my bike seems to rip pretty good so im happy just got to find a way to stop now. Quote
GleasmJA Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 With your back brakes. Make sure that it is free one the pins. The ones that it slides on. If it has seized up with the old pads, being that they were probably worn out it why it is off alignment. If it doesn't move side to side, that is the problem there. Didn't read close enough to comment on your front brakes. Hop this helps. Quote
pa308 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) With your back brakes. Make sure that it is free one the pins. The ones that it slides on. If it has seized up with the old pads, being that they were probably worn out it why it is off alignment. If it doesn't move side to side, that is the problem there. Didn't read close enough to comment on your front brakes. Hop this helps. bingo i believe u r on thr right track. i tried earlier and believe the same as u. should the caliber bracket ur talkin bout sit flush with the piston or stick out to where the pistons is. its hard to explain i know. i tried to take the caliber apart where the pins are but the bolt is stripped to hell. it is bolted isnt it. it definately dont move side to side when its unbloted. how do i take it apart or unsezeit. also i have new pads if it matters but it slides right on the rotor just the caliber cant bolt to the carrier cause the rotor is spaced about half inch away Edited February 20, 2008 by pa308 Quote
pa308 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Posted February 20, 2008 bingo i believe u r on thr right track. i tried earlier and believe the same as u. should the caliber bracket ur talkin bout sit flush with the piston or stick out to where the pistons is. its hard to explain i know. i tried to take the caliber apart where the pins are but the bolt is stripped to hell. it is bolted isnt it. it definately dont move side to side when its unbloted. how do i take it apart or unsezeit. also i have new pads if it matters but it slides right on the rotor just the caliber cant bolt to the carrier cause the rotor is spaced about half inch away can anybody tell me the trick to getting the old pins out. im in major need of help. thanks Quote
GleasmJA Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 If i'm not mistaken, the top bolt is an allen head that goes all the way through. And the bottom bolt is hex head on the inside, but you don't need to remove that one. If you get the top one out, it slides off the bottom bolt/pin. It's been a while for me having that apart. But it was a pain to get it apart. But keep at it and it will come apart. Good luck. Quote
pa308 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Posted February 21, 2008 If i'm not mistaken, the top bolt is an allen head that goes all the way through. And the bottom bolt is hex head on the inside, but you don't need to remove that one. If you get the top one out, it slides off the bottom bolt/pin. It's been a while for me having that apart. But it was a pain to get it apart. But keep at it and it will come apart. Good luck. welp i got her off but now im goin need a mounting bracket cause the dumb dumb before we welded the backside of that bolt to the bracket cause of the rotor rubbin it. oh well its off and i know why it wasnt workin. time to fix it up.thanks alot man Quote
GleasmJA Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 Sorry to hear the luck. But you got it figured out, and on the right path to fix it. Good luck. And any questions someone will help you here. Quote
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