lost a calliper!!!!!

[ManDownUnder]

On a related note - which Garage did you the good deed.

Sounds like the deserve their share of our petrol money if/when we're around that way

[Monsterbishi]

If it doubt - LOCTITE!

[aff-man]

On a related note - which Garage did you the good deed.

Sounds like the deserve their share of our petrol money if/when we're around that way

just about 25ish km out of dargaville... it's a G.A.S. station with a little workshop attached... Bloody nice people too..

On another note came looking for ya today? Looking for frosty's number sarge sent me to the telecom building where they informed me they had 41 nigels or some rubbish

[Drunken Monkey]

Service a few bikes do you?

Promise ya mate, it had nothing to do with a slightly warped rotor. How many callipers do you see pinging off Drunken Monkeys bike? You fucked up son, plain and simple.

hahaha I knew you were going to say that :P

[Zed]

...So i pull over to find brake fluid pissing all over and my left caliper gone... SUX big time.

THANKS: Have to go to ( I think) dv1nt and trever.... You know who you are...

That does SUCK Jono, glad you didn't come off and got home in one piece...just!!

There is a dv1nt on this site who's name is Derek and is a mechanic in Helensville, rides a 86 gixxer750, same guy??

[aff-man]

That does SUCK Jono, glad you didn't come off and got home in one piece...just!!

There is a dv1nt on this site who's name is Derek and is a mechanic in Helensville, rides a 86 gixxer750, same guy??

Ummm I think so. It was the guy on the really old gixxer and the guy on the 00 silver gixxer 750....

Cheers guys.

[FROSTY:Me]

Guys On this subject --something Id like to suggest here.
FUCK LOCTITE --
Drill and lockwire ya calipers if youre serious about calipers staying put.
Not only does it look totally pukka racebike but its a double check you did the bolts up.

[Unit:Me]

Ahh but it's more the $65 that i just put in them...

Fine seeing as everyone is going to say I didn't tighten the bolt enough I might as well give into peer pressure (reads I've had a bad enough time to everone doesn't need to rub it in my face) Still doesn't explain why the otherside is still tight as????

Seems we're now getting more milage outta your calliper than you did At least you had an honest attempt at doing them, and it appears by some of the posts that it's becoming a common issue anyway.

[Mental Trousers]

Well, I found out why my rear brakes kept disappearing then suddenly start working again a few k's down the road. The bleed valve had worked loose (bike had been in for a service 3 weeks before) and as it turned it would open so when I pressed the brake the fluid would simply piss out the back of the caliper all over the tyre!! Further down the road it'd turn a little further and close again, so I'd magically have a rear brake again. I kept thinking I'd cooked the fluid and when it cooled down it would be fine again. But no. I now have large chunks of powdercoating missing off the rear wheel and a week to wait for the replacement. And so far the only I've found that fitted temporarily until the replacement turns up disappeared somewhere on the Coromandel (where the original is funnily enough).

On a side note, I'm now used to riding without a rear brake - which is great. However, I really need a rear for when I come across loose stuff/new seal, which I have done 3 times in the last 1.5 weeks.

[Brian d marge]

Guys On this subject --something Id like to suggest here.
FUCK LOCTITE --
Drill and lockwire ya calipers if youre serious about calipers staying put.
Not only does it look totally pukka racebike but its a double check you did the bolts up.

Like most thing Loctite has its uses and places, One thing it doesnt like is Oil and grease , oh and temperature. Lockwireing must also be done correctly there is a way in which to wind the wire.

Most of the problem associated with loctite come from incorrect prep...and on a racing bike where temps are high , I would be lock wiring the bolts , cant be too careful !!!

Have to agree with the above about having a double safety check .( IF you see tippex or yellow paint on a caliper bolt ,,,its me Ive worked on that bike ,( I use yellow cost its the same as the factory , tippex cos I cantt spell and its in me tool box always ! )


anyway you can write whole books on fastners , and the guy I look up to has done just that !

Stephen

[Monsterbishi]

As has already been mentioned, yes, surface prep is important for loctite, easy enough to do with stuff found in most folks garage.

Temperature is only as issue if the wrong type of loctite is used - the stuff we use on the manifold-turbo bolts on our Mirage withstands glowing red-hot temps without failing.