How much resistance should rear tire have to rotate?

[Anonymous]

i just finished doing my rear brakes, and after i bled them, the caliper does indeed drag a bit.. not a lot, just enough that it's a little audible.

i'm also looking for a rebuild kit for the rear caliper with pistons.. all i've been able to find are the ones at CRC2 that don't include pistons, but include all the rest of the parts---bike bandit wants $41 (apiece, i think) for pistons.

[shortlid]

If this does not fix it?

If redoing the rear brakes and ruling them out does not work my next change will be to Full Syn. Gear lube for the rear diff. and final drive unit. I know the bearing have been repacked and greased on my bike.

[shortlid]

Rebuild the WHOLE THING??

i just finished doing my rear brakes, and after i bled them, the caliper does indeed drag a bit.. not a lot, just enough that it's a little audible.

i'm also looking for a rebuild kit for the rear caliper with pistons.. all i've been able to find are the ones at CRC2 that don't include pistons, but include all the rest of the parts---bike bandit wants $41 (apiece, i think) for pistons.

You feel you are having enough prblems with the caliper to rebuild the whole thing!!! My brothers '91 Toyota celica had a problem with the front right caliper draging after repeated stops. It wound up being a bad brake LINE not the caliper that we had rebuilt once and replaced twice before we found out it was teh $20 line !!!

[sailor20034]

dragging brakes?

I had a similar thing happen on a '75 VW beetle. The left rear brake wouldn't release, and it turned out that the flexible hose was packed full of junk. The pressure from the brake pedal/master cylinder would swell the hose enough for fluid to pass, but the brake springs didn't have enough "oomph" to push it back out. As you said, a $10 hose fixed it all.

I'm thinking that I might dismantle the rear brake caliper on my '78 GS550E, clean it (and the hose) very well and then bleed with new, fresh fluid. After all, the bike is 27 years old, and many people NEVER change brake fluid unless they have to repair/replace components.

[shortlid]

Line Not Available

Well that is a twist I went and looked on-line at Bikebandit and the such. Looks like teh brake line for my '80 GS850G is NO LONGER AVALIABLE!! What do we do if it is the culprit??

[fastpakr]

The perfect excuse for aftermarket braided lines.

[sailor20034]

Re: Line Not Available

Well that is a twist I went and looked on-line at Bikebandit and the such. Looks like teh brake line for my '80 GS850G is NO LONGER AVALIABLE!! What do we do if it is the culprit??

I've never tried this, but some of the auto parts stores (the "majors" like NAPA, not the discount places like Auto Zone) can make up hydraulic lines on the spot. You'd probably have to take your original line in to make sure they got the right sized banjo fittings.

[shortlid]

Are these safe??

How do they put the end fitings on, pressure fitted ?? Do they just make the rubber lines or braided also? Anyone know of a company that makes aftermarket lines for our bikes?

[Anonymous]

hm. something to think about-- anyone have a suggestion for a location to get prefitted aftermarket lines, or am i kinda out on my own?

i remember seeing bwringer's series on making braided lines, and that might end up being the route i follow.

the reason for rebuilding the caliper isn't because it's not working right, one side of it is damaged. one of hte pistons is all lopsided.

[Jethro]

shortlid Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: Are these safe??

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How do they put the end fitings on, pressure fitted ?? Do they just make the rubber lines or braided also? Anyone know of a company that makes aftermarket lines for our bikes?

Dude, did you have a look at my lines in Falmouth that day? Last winter I bought a set from Paragon Performance in California. They are the real deal- nice, nice lines. Steel Braided poly-encased brake hose with crimp fitted nickel alloy banjos. They even supplied all new Goodridge banjo bolts and copper washers. I got the whole six line setup, front and rear for $219. Call 'em up and tell them what bike you have, chances are they have the template already, and if not, you might get a discount for letting them use your lines for a template.