bloody Honda's

[James Deuce]

Hey Jim2 have looked on Econohondas site, he hasnt any parts suitable listed, but will email him as well, thanks

Ring him. He gets this train of thought thing going and before you know it you have a solution.

[Milky]

Not meaning to cast aspersions on your work, but are you sure the seals around the pistons went back squarely? sometimes they can stick onto the pistons and twist in their grooves, hence the pad/piston doesnt return properly

[gav]

Well the mechanic thought they looked fine, but yeah, may pull it apart again over the weekend seeing how its gonna be friggen raining again
but think I'll go play golf instead tomorrow.....(after a couple of phone calls)

[inlinefour]

Have taken my CBR600 through for a WOF and its been kicked out The front brakes have been sticking, he sent me away told me to clean up pistons and bring it back. Did this, betterbut still not flash, if you jack front wheel off ground and spin the pads rub on disc. Now seems to only rub on one side (one disc hotter than other) left it with him and he had a look at it, while I took a VTR1000 for a test ride. When I got back, he told me it needed a new front brake caliper bracket

its the bracket that the caliper slides onto and the bracket bolts onto the fork lleg. Now if you can read parts catalogue, you will notice that you can't actually buy this bit on its own, you have to buy complete with the caliper !!
$500 + ex Japan no doubt. Why? Honda, mate.....
I'm a bit pissed by this, as the brakes are the same as VINZ wof when bike reregistered and same shop gave wof no problems six months ago.
So....do I take bracket off and get it straightened? He wasnt too keen on this and wants to see S/H bracket if I get one.
Take it somewhere else for a wof?
Try ebay? well, have emailed a few sellers if they will ship to NZ but still looks like I'll have to but complete caliper.
Will also try some NZ and Oz wreckers, unless someone on here has a spare bracket? L/H side...

Hey Gav, would it be any different if it was a Suzuki or Yamaha etc? Just a matter of maintiance aint it?

[gav]

Dunno mate, but maybe with a Yamaha or Suzuki you could buy the bracket seperate and not have to buy the whole caliper, apparently the 90 - 95 model CBR's the bracket is available as a seperate item, but not on later models.

[Bonez]

Another option is to have a local engineer shop fabrcate one. Guess it would have to be "certified" though.

[F5 Dave]

Sorry have you taken the bracket off to measure if it is straight? As a side issue (& I know it is supposedly only one that is dragging) but it is a good idea to check if there is play at the brake lever, if not try removing it to see if it gets looser.

Aside from that it could be that the disc is ‘coned’ forcing the pads sideways a bit.
These brakes do tend to drag a bit, but it depends how much.