OP
OP
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2009
- Messages
- 9,284
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- Location
- Duncanville, Texas
- My Bike Models
- 1981 GL1100 Innerstate("The Turd")SOLD!!, 1996 GL1500 Innerstate
Randy, not sure what brand the windershield is, just that it is mooch taller. I park inside at the shop, and at home, so no worries there, but thanks for the heads up!
The ride home Friday was a big firiggin pita.... :rant:
Left the shop, and made it aboot 5 miles or so, and the front brake started dragging, then it eventually locked up all-together. Had to ease off to the side and see what the heck was goin on. It's dark, and I'm on the side of a busy freeway. I knew it was the right front, since the lever was hard as a rock. I dig into my tool sack, only to find I had nothing to remove the rotor cover(8mm bolts, inset).... :Awe: Al I had was a crescent wrench, and some metric wrenches. I wound up getting a rag stuffed into one of the slots on the cover(to catch the brake fluid), and a 10mm wrench squeezed in to loosen the bleeder valve. That released the brake, so I was able to ride on home...in a super traffic jam for the next 25 or so miles....with only the rear brake usable. I was super lucky I was able to get it goin like that.....because once I made it home, I realized I had left my PHONE, and shop keys AT THE SHOP... :sensored:
The guys at the shop next door have keys to our shop, as we do theirs, so I came out Saturday and got my phone & keys.
I pulled the caliper off yesterday, and could NOT push the pistons back into the caliper, so I knew it had to be the return orifice in the master cylinder stopped up. Took the lid off, but could not find the small orifice. The feed hole in the master has a small, stamped sheet-metal piece in it with a small flap. I pried that out, and there she was...the tiny return orifice. I got a .013" guitar string, clamped a short section into some needle nose vice grips, and poked down into the orifice....and eventually, fluid squirted out! :clapping: :yahoo: It released the caliper pistons, and I was able to push them both back into the caliper. I pumped it up and pushed them back several times to make sure all was well, then buttoned it all back up.
I spent some time yesterday looking for a noise I was hearing Friday on the ride home. It sounded like something loose, and hitting. Actually sounded like a shock bushing that is gone....it hits right up under the seat area. I looked all over, but could not find anything loose enough to make a noise like that. I did find a few fasteners that were kinda loose, but nothing that would create the noise I heard Friday. No play in the diff, or swing arm. I keep looking.....
The ride to werk this mernin was un-eventfull. :whistling:
The ride home Friday was a big firiggin pita.... :rant:
Left the shop, and made it aboot 5 miles or so, and the front brake started dragging, then it eventually locked up all-together. Had to ease off to the side and see what the heck was goin on. It's dark, and I'm on the side of a busy freeway. I knew it was the right front, since the lever was hard as a rock. I dig into my tool sack, only to find I had nothing to remove the rotor cover(8mm bolts, inset).... :Awe: Al I had was a crescent wrench, and some metric wrenches. I wound up getting a rag stuffed into one of the slots on the cover(to catch the brake fluid), and a 10mm wrench squeezed in to loosen the bleeder valve. That released the brake, so I was able to ride on home...in a super traffic jam for the next 25 or so miles....with only the rear brake usable. I was super lucky I was able to get it goin like that.....because once I made it home, I realized I had left my PHONE, and shop keys AT THE SHOP... :sensored:
The guys at the shop next door have keys to our shop, as we do theirs, so I came out Saturday and got my phone & keys.
I pulled the caliper off yesterday, and could NOT push the pistons back into the caliper, so I knew it had to be the return orifice in the master cylinder stopped up. Took the lid off, but could not find the small orifice. The feed hole in the master has a small, stamped sheet-metal piece in it with a small flap. I pried that out, and there she was...the tiny return orifice. I got a .013" guitar string, clamped a short section into some needle nose vice grips, and poked down into the orifice....and eventually, fluid squirted out! :clapping: :yahoo: It released the caliper pistons, and I was able to push them both back into the caliper. I pumped it up and pushed them back several times to make sure all was well, then buttoned it all back up.
I spent some time yesterday looking for a noise I was hearing Friday on the ride home. It sounded like something loose, and hitting. Actually sounded like a shock bushing that is gone....it hits right up under the seat area. I looked all over, but could not find anything loose enough to make a noise like that. I did find a few fasteners that were kinda loose, but nothing that would create the noise I heard Friday. No play in the diff, or swing arm. I keep looking.....
The ride to werk this mernin was un-eventfull. :whistling:
