Wilsons Sandbox

I had a little adventure this weekend with my rear brake. I was fixing a flat but when it came time to put things back together, I had no clearance to mount my rear caliper around my disk brake. That hasn't happened to me in the past. I don't know anything much about calipers and have never taken one apart before. I did have new pads put on last fall when I got a new tire at the shop. I haven't had any leaks and fluid level appears normal. To my untrained eye, it seemed that the piston was extended too far out beyond the boot that I assume normally covers it. I tried to clean up the dirt around it and removed both pads for closer inspection. I applied some pressure with my thumbs and kind of forced things back together. I never really managed to figure out why things were so tight and after going over the instructions on this great page (http://www.klr650.marknet.us/brakepads.html) several times I managed to get everything back together, mounted and at least somewhat working. Here's where I am now. The pads seem to be very snug to my untrained eye although the wheel spins freely for a revolution or two. I don't hear any friction or other sounds when riding and the brake has some grab to it although I'm not convinced it's working normally. I did notice the rear disk was quite warm to the touch after a short ride along the levee near home to see if anything was going to fall off. Is that normal? I'm ready for a little enlightenment. Thanks, Dale A-15 Stockton

I was leery of the cable luber and it leaking around the cable or if the spray can tube popped off the can nozzle or the cable luber while injecting the spray lube. I was also concerned about the spray can lube solvent damaging the cables' plastic sheath. What I did was the same or similar to what it seems like zrod did. I opened the cable luber fully and bottomed it snugly against the end of the cable, making sure that the luber seal was properly wrapped around the cable, then I carefully tightened the two the screws. I chose to use synthetic motor oil to lube my cables and used a West System # 807 plastic syringe to inject the motor oil thru the cable luber into the cable; no or very little oil leakage occurred. To push the oil all the way through the cable I used a football air pump and needle, pumping until the oil came out the end of the cable and catching it with a rag. With the plastic syringe you can inject any lube you want. Sorry if I repeated any previous responses. Jim --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Barnaby Robson" wrote:

> Hey there > > So I got one of them cable lubers .. and either I am incredibly

inept

> or I got a duff one so I am coming here to find out from the wisdom > of the Great List which one it is that I am. > > OK .. clutch cable was removed .. cable placed in rubber sheath > and I tightened the little nuts down little bit by little bit ..

being careful

> to keep the clamping bar straight ... I tightened them well .. very

well ... they

> couldn't have been tighter I swear !!! > > Inserted the snorkel from the can o' WD40 and pressed down .. > the fluid went everywhere but in the cable sheath and dribbled > all over the jig the bike and the floor ... I got a towel and that

got

> soaked too ...... After I had wasted about half a can I figured I > should stop. > > So ... as this is my first purchase of suck a gimmick ... does that > sound about right or am I incompetent or what ? > > Thanks > > barnaby > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]