Needing to vent about my brake issues

[Schweisshund]

I appreciate the colorful and rather uhhhh ... constructive? .... criticism. But I do know what I am doing thanks. I was having a bad day and I needed to vent. The caliper bleeder bolt broke because yes, it was old. And yes, this bike was in very poor shape when I got it. It is slowly improving.

Again I appreciate the concern. Taking it to a shop would defeat the purpose of learning how to restore something.

[Schweisshund]

For clarification

Condition it was in 2 months ago - in case you don't think I am a "proactive" learner :-D




Condition it is in now (going to repaint "House of Kolor PLanet Green")

[Schweisshund]

When I do the valve clearance, I will offer my buddy (Marine grease monkey) a beer :-D

[Schweisshund]

Because your making me nervous about the the safe operation of the bike. You are doing things here that are just the wrong moves, and you don't seem to be trying to learn what to do before you do it.

- Bleed the brakes then find caliper frozen. Normally I'd let that slide, but I'd be checking movement before I went through the trouble of bleeding.

- Broke the bleeder. You've already had it opened and closed for the bleeding, so it was either over-tightened when closed or turned in the wrong direction when you went to remove it.

- Sanded pistons to remove rust. That would just promote rusting quicker. I don't know any mechanic experienced with brakes that would do that.

- Greased the pistons / used PB Blaster on the rubber parts. The rubber used with brake components is compatible with glycol based fluids, but not petroleum. Any petroleum product will just destroy them. This is rather common knowledge if you do maintenance on vehicles, or read the owners / service manuals.

Again, I'm not trying to bash you, but these things are telling me you shouldn't necessarily be working on your brakes, the single most important safety item on any vehicle. Your not being pro-active in self-training, but reacting to problems your creating in your post. And I'm worried that you going to do something, take a ride to check it out, and then have a problem without a cage around you.

"Reason for the two sets of everything is that it is OLD and things break ...." Mmmmmmmmmm, no.

Offer your buddy a case of beer if he will come over and help you put the brakes back together.

Maybe you should reply to every post in this forum with "Your an idiot .... take it to he shop"

Not trying to bash you bro.