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Author Topic: Good news, and serious brake trouble. Help.  (Read 616 times)
ABullock91
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« on: September 26, 2009, 06:56:58 PM »

Good news is, a friend gave me two tires. A Dunlop 208 SuperMoto for the back, and a Metzler Mez-3 for the front. Also redid my forks, they were, terrible. Also raised my triple tree a bit from where I replaced the stock clip ons with Vortex ones, she sits about an inch taller. This new set up made the ride home amazing, I took as many twisties as I could.

And for the bad news,

My brakes are misbehaving even more. My front brake only works when it wants to. We pulled the pads off a Hurricane and put them on, my right pad was down to almost metal, but my left was almost new looking. We bled the brakes, and checked the lines themselves for air. Nothing, they either respond wonderfully, or they don't and you pump like hell. We thought my line was getting pinched shut, since when the bars are turned right it doesn't work well, but we pulled it down and made sure it wouldn't pinch. Any ideas?

I'm still looking for measurements on the front cable as well, I believe it's 30 inches but just looking for verification.
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2009, 07:39:11 AM »

The sliding pins are seized, meaning the brake is no longer "pinching" the disc, but just pressing the right pad against the disc. This is much less than half efficient!

Take the caliper apart, clean thoroughly and rebuild, replacing the seals and the rubber sliding boots as required.

It sounds scary but it's not, and you are lucky in that you have one of the most basic brake systems imaginable to learn on. Have a go through my reply here:
http://www.hondacb1.org/forum/index.php/topic,783.0.html
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2009, 04:50:40 PM »

How tough of a job was it to redo the front shocks?? I have never done them on any bike, I am very green in this dep. How often do they need to be serviced?? KM's
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