Once I got to this point, I figured I might as well have a looksie at the rear caliper, as I knew it wasnt working when I got the thing.
its a bit messy frankly!.
the bleed nipple has been snapped off, so I have to try and get that out, which will not be particularly easy.
I took the pads out, they were filthy, but in usable condition, so i set them aside. It took a fair amount of WD40 to loosen the pin though! she was stuck in there pretty damned tight.
With that out of the way I looked at the piston, not pretty, it looks like someone has tried to grip it with vice grips to pull it out, and has scored the sliding surface of the piston quite deeply. I will have to look into whether or not i can sand/buff it smooth enough that it os suitable to use again or not.
I managed to get the piston out though, and as i figured, the seals were fucked. Not a big deal they arent particularly expensive (few bucks each)
The fluid that came out of them was a bit like yoghurt, except black, so god knows how long its been in there for, but no matter, its out now.
The first thing to do is try to get the broken off bleed nipple out without damaging the caliper. as long as I can do that, theres no problem, I can just get some parts and reassemble, if not, Im probably looking at needing another caliper.
The good news though, is that I did manage to get a test ride on it finally!
This was the first time Ive been able to ride it, Ive had it running plenty, but not actually rideable, so that was great.
I will upload a short youtube clip, and then post that in here shortly for them who care.
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Originally Posted by tigertim20
i did miss out on the canterbury boom around 2010 tho, I missed out on getting an RM250 and a KDX200 (runners) for 1,000... i was 100% i had the winning bid as the auction was closing.. then when it closed I was mighty confused why I didnt get a confirmation email sayin congrats on ur buy!.. was a sad sad day.. and there were cr250s and kdxs and yz125s etc for the 600-800 mark..
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