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In English please?
That is English as opposed to American -- TOBACCO TIN
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850GT_Rider
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Order the rebuild kit from your favorite source for genuine Suzuki parts, whether that's your local dealer, http://partshark.com , or whatever. OEM kits will come with high-quality seals and new pistons, and they're usually about the same cost or slightly less expensive than the aftermarket kits that don't contain new pistons.
You have to get the cylinder bore perfectly clean and clean up any pitting with emery cloth. You don't need a brightly polished finish, but it must be very smooth.
Use a pointed wooden or plastic stick or a pencil to scrape out the grooves. Sometimes you have to use a metal pick on stubborn bits, but VERY carefully, and VERY lightly.
jimfj
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JOSHI...where di you get the adjustable levers that I see on your GS????
I would like to have a set of those.!!!
I have the same problem everybody that has posted here has. I have a full stainless setup with good seals and pistons. pads are good. The stainless lines helped a grea deal, wont have another bike without them. My lever is sloppy until the pads start to touch the rotors and them they firm up nicely. stops well but i don't think I should have the travel I have and after a while it seems to get worse and I have to reset everything.
i am in interested in the recall shims or whatever they are called. Mine is an 82 GS1100G so I believe that fit the time period mentioned earlier.
Jim
I would like to have a set of those.!!!
I have the same problem everybody that has posted here has. I have a full stainless setup with good seals and pistons. pads are good. The stainless lines helped a grea deal, wont have another bike without them. My lever is sloppy until the pads start to touch the rotors and them they firm up nicely. stops well but i don't think I should have the travel I have and after a while it seems to get worse and I have to reset everything.
i am in interested in the recall shims or whatever they are called. Mine is an 82 GS1100G so I believe that fit the time period mentioned earlier.
Jim
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Hi, long time, no posty.
I've been away from a lot of things since last Fall but I did manage to get my caliper rebushing project done and tested. I actually just got back from the Bennington, VT Triumph Bash which was an 800mi weekend. Didn't get to bash any Triumphs but I did smoke a Thruxton or two...
The bushing mod made a big difference but I'm still getting a little flex in the calipers but I'm pretty convinced this is just inherent in the design at this point. Maybe. I'm getting some minor squish with the beefiest C clamps I have holding the pistons in the bores but I'm also seeing noticeable flex in the clamps.
When installed with the old carriers and rubber bushing I had better feel after switching to a full SS line system, I'm running 3 and had a rubber MC to splitter hose until last week. Once I installed the rebushed carriers and new rubber bushings on the small pins I had better lever feel still and the new pads I threw in are getting even wear as opposed to the noticeably uneven wear with the old setup. Caliper rock is reduced but not gone, however it is too small to see when pulling the MC lever. Before this mod you could see the calipers rock every time you applied pressure. A clicking noise under low speed, light pressure braking that I'd been trying to dope out is also gone. I think it may have been the calipers rocking and clicking the sloppy pin bores.
I'll be doing a new set with a slightly smaller bore for the small pin. I'm going to try the first ID I tried which I later increased slightly because the rubber pin bushing was binding. It turns out that those rubber bushings got lubed with something they didn't like and swelled up so my first bore size choice may have actually been right. The first test with these seemed like it had a firmer lever but I can't really say since I had a rubber line at the time and it was a couple of months ago now.
So in the end, or at least near it, I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. No magic bullet but the braking power, lever feel and pad wear are all improved. I'm sure I'll still upgrade to twinpots or some other calipers in the future but for now this is a good compromise.
I'm sending a set to the member who sent me some spares to test with once we make arrangements so I'll ask him to post his impressions here once he gets the new carriers on. I'll also be posting pics as soon as I remember the password for my flickr account...
Here is my brake setup info.
Freshly rebuilt 'busa 5/8 MC, bench bled and then pressure bled with the whole system.
Stainless lines
No anti-dive connected
New rubber bushings on the smaller pins
Newly rebushed caliper carriers.
New ELCHEPOH Pads, soon to be replaced with HH sintered pads. I'll be posting a review on those after I get 1000mi or so on them. My rotors seem to be stainless and are hard as...hard so I'm not expecting too much wear from the sintered pads...I'll be measuring though. If nothing else they may be a "resurface while you ride" option.
The /\/\ac is back.
I've been away from a lot of things since last Fall but I did manage to get my caliper rebushing project done and tested. I actually just got back from the Bennington, VT Triumph Bash which was an 800mi weekend. Didn't get to bash any Triumphs but I did smoke a Thruxton or two...
The bushing mod made a big difference but I'm still getting a little flex in the calipers but I'm pretty convinced this is just inherent in the design at this point. Maybe. I'm getting some minor squish with the beefiest C clamps I have holding the pistons in the bores but I'm also seeing noticeable flex in the clamps.
When installed with the old carriers and rubber bushing I had better feel after switching to a full SS line system, I'm running 3 and had a rubber MC to splitter hose until last week. Once I installed the rebushed carriers and new rubber bushings on the small pins I had better lever feel still and the new pads I threw in are getting even wear as opposed to the noticeably uneven wear with the old setup. Caliper rock is reduced but not gone, however it is too small to see when pulling the MC lever. Before this mod you could see the calipers rock every time you applied pressure. A clicking noise under low speed, light pressure braking that I'd been trying to dope out is also gone. I think it may have been the calipers rocking and clicking the sloppy pin bores.
I'll be doing a new set with a slightly smaller bore for the small pin. I'm going to try the first ID I tried which I later increased slightly because the rubber pin bushing was binding. It turns out that those rubber bushings got lubed with something they didn't like and swelled up so my first bore size choice may have actually been right. The first test with these seemed like it had a firmer lever but I can't really say since I had a rubber line at the time and it was a couple of months ago now.
So in the end, or at least near it, I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. No magic bullet but the braking power, lever feel and pad wear are all improved. I'm sure I'll still upgrade to twinpots or some other calipers in the future but for now this is a good compromise.
I'm sending a set to the member who sent me some spares to test with once we make arrangements so I'll ask him to post his impressions here once he gets the new carriers on. I'll also be posting pics as soon as I remember the password for my flickr account...
Here is my brake setup info.
Freshly rebuilt 'busa 5/8 MC, bench bled and then pressure bled with the whole system.
Stainless lines
No anti-dive connected
New rubber bushings on the smaller pins
Newly rebushed caliper carriers.
New ELCHEPOH Pads, soon to be replaced with HH sintered pads. I'll be posting a review on those after I get 1000mi or so on them. My rotors seem to be stainless and are hard as...hard so I'm not expecting too much wear from the sintered pads...I'll be measuring though. If nothing else they may be a "resurface while you ride" option.
The /\/\ac is back.
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I had a set of '83 750 calipers and rotors on my 850. Last year i did the complete twinpot mod, they are so much better than what i had on there before, they are almost as good as the 320mm rotor 4 piston RF900 brakes that are on my 750. And they're cheap to buy. Do your self a favor and get a set of the brackets from Salty Monk while he still has a set, you can always get the other parts later...
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