Locking-on front brakes
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:46 pm
Picture this, 2002 ABS-EVO II equipped bike, riding along at 60mph, you can feel that you are slowly giving more and more throttle, clutch in, rather rapid stop and you can't move the bike. After a few minutes it all releases off and you can ride again.
Well, this first started on me a year ago after I fitted non-BMW pads, well the local dealership said there was problems with these pads being the wrong size, jamming and then overheating and expanding. OK, I could go with that as after I replaced them with BMW pads all seemed to be fine. Until that was a few weeks ago.
Locked on, and after a couple kicks of the caliper it eased off. Arse. I have justed pushed the pistons out on three positions on the Tokico that was offending and found lots of dirt and a little bit of corrosion.
I then used my hydraulic bearing puller to push in the pistons and then clamped the big one and used a wedge to stop the little one's moving and used the EVOII to push the last piston out that didn't want to move and found this:
blooming Japanese shite has rotted internally past the dust seal, shall now attack it with some polish and PX24 and try and kill the gout before it gets too far.
If it wasn't for the need for the dealers to bleed the system after popping the pistons right out I'd do it. I'm going to look even further into removing the ABS this spring me tinks
Well, this first started on me a year ago after I fitted non-BMW pads, well the local dealership said there was problems with these pads being the wrong size, jamming and then overheating and expanding. OK, I could go with that as after I replaced them with BMW pads all seemed to be fine. Until that was a few weeks ago.
Locked on, and after a couple kicks of the caliper it eased off. Arse. I have justed pushed the pistons out on three positions on the Tokico that was offending and found lots of dirt and a little bit of corrosion.
I then used my hydraulic bearing puller to push in the pistons and then clamped the big one and used a wedge to stop the little one's moving and used the EVOII to push the last piston out that didn't want to move and found this:
blooming Japanese shite has rotted internally past the dust seal, shall now attack it with some polish and PX24 and try and kill the gout before it gets too far.
If it wasn't for the need for the dealers to bleed the system after popping the pistons right out I'd do it. I'm going to look even further into removing the ABS this spring me tinks