Urgent -- flat tyre, can anybody drop me and my wheel at Mt Eden?

**xwhatsit** · 24th September 2007, 15:14

Hi guys,

Pissed off -- spent the day fixing my carb (goes quite well now, I think it's richer), then came back into the garage after a test run.

Front tyre went flat within 30 seconds.

I have run over some glass out at the end of my road.

Rang up Mt Eden, they can repair my tyre now, but I have no way of getting there.

Is anybody able to drop me and my tyre at Mt Eden? I live at Mangere Bridge, just over from Onehunga. Otherwise I'm stranded and can't go to work

Beer is promised (as soon as I can ride out and buy some

).

Thanks.

**xwhatsit** · 24th September 2007, 15:36

Transport sorted. Thanks guys.

**xwhatsit** · 24th September 2007, 21:48

Thanks to Mr KB Anonymous -- you're a legend, I owe you big time

$33.90 to replace the tube. Would've liked to have done the tyre as well, but they only had one 18" that was suitable; a relatively expensive Dunlop which was too wide for my liking.

Got to work in time. I think I've farked up the caliper, though -- despite stuffing the pads apart with some thick cardboard bent over, and I definitely didn't touch the lever, the brake lever now pulls back quite far and is spongy. Still adequate braking power at the end of the lever, but I don't like it.

Caliper re-build kit?

**Big Dave** · 24th September 2007, 22:24

Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat

Caliper re-build kit?

Bleed them thoroughly first.

**xwhatsit** · 24th September 2007, 22:35

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Bleed them thoroughly first.

I just did yesterday. Lets do them again then

**deanohit** · 24th September 2007, 22:38

Can't hurt to bleed them again. Lots cheaper than a caliper rebuild kit, especially when you bleed them yourself.
Bit of rotten luck for you an the ol' girl today.

**gijoe1313** · 25th September 2007, 09:23

and don't forget to do the ol'clamp the brake lever trick to help squeeze out more air!

Sorry I couldn't help you yesterday Tom, was on the bike riding when you rang through and didn't hear it going off!

Good to hear someone came through for you!

**xwhatsit** · 25th September 2007, 09:35

Lol Justin, I wasn't asking for a lift -- I think it would be a big difficult to hold on while on the back of the Hornet with an 18" medium profile tyre. I was wondering how you got from Lands End to home again when you blew your tyre. Does anybody do a call-out service?

**xwhatsit** · 25th September 2007, 13:34

You guys are always right

Didn't have time to do them this morning (11am lab, ludicrous! O ungodly hour), so I took a ring spanner, screwdriver and bit of tubing to uni. Picked up some brake fluid inbetween lectures (went to both Motomail and Mt Eden -- they only had super-duper `racing' brake fluid -- $40 for 500mL

, found some around the corner at Appco).

Bled the brakes behind the car park under the Science building. Brakes quite firm now, where they were before. Didn't end up trying Jim2/Nudemetalz ultra-secret uber brake fluid bleeding technique

Might give it a go at home some time.

I would like to think that one day the bushes I bled the brake fluid into will one day grow back