A Question about Disc Brakes on a Motorcycle?

[curling]

I have just replaced the rotor, caliper, pads, and master cyclinder on my chopper. So my brakes should be perfect right? Well they are not. They are staying a little compressed. So it heated up and kind of turned my rotor brownish blue. They hung up so bad last night I had to open my bleeder valve just so it would roll into the garage. What is happening anybody got any idea?


Thanks in advance.

 

[curling]

I bet you're up to chapter 6 in the "book of curling post topics",
aren't you ?

No this one is a chapter out of the curling's crappy luck life book.

 

[Y_lifter]

I bet you're up to chapter 6 in the "book of curling post topics",
aren't you ?

 

[Temple]

Front or rear? Sounds like either you have the wrong pads or they didn't get bled correctly.

 

[curling]

Front or rear? Sounds like either you have the wrong pads or they didn't get bled correctly.

Rear.

 

[Temple]

Did you do the work or did you have a shop do it??? Sounds like what I said but I can ask one of the guys when they show up.

 

[ZenMachine]

Sounds like God might be pissed at you again.

 

[gsxr1000]

I have just replaced the rotor, caliper, pads, and master cyclinder on my chopper. So my brakes should be perfect right? Well they are not. They are staying a little compressed. So it heated up and kind of turned my rotor brownish blue. They hung up so bad last night I had to open my bleeder valve just so it would roll into the garage. What is happening anybody got any idea?


Thanks in advance.

Something was not installed correctly, your pads were dragging on the rotor, superheated it which in turn heated the brake fluid up probably ruined it the flud

Flush all the fluid of the system, check and make sure the pads are installed properly (after dragging them that much you might have to junk them and get new ones anyway). Check all the seals in the caliper to make sure the heat didn't trash them, and put the whole assembly back together with fresh brake fluid.

I don't know if all this work might be over your head though, you might want to take it to the dealer to service.

 

[Temple]

Re: Re: A Question about Disc Brakes on a Motorcycle?

Something was not installed correctly, your pads were dragging on the rotor, superheated it which in turn heated the brake fluid up probably ruined it the flud

Flush all the fluid of the system, check and make sure the pads are installed properly (after dragging them that much you might have to junk them and get new ones anyway). Check all the seals in the caliper to make sure the heat didn't trash them, and put the whole assembly back together with fresh brake fluid.

I don't know if all this work might be over your head though, you might want to take it to the dealer to service.

I think he said he replace all of that - surely he put in fresh brake fluid.... then again, maybe not.

 

[gsxr1000]

Re: Re: Re: A Question about Disc Brakes on a Motorcycle?

I think he said he replace all of that - surely he put in fresh brake fluid.... then again, maybe not.

Well, the point in replacing the fluid again is that if the pads were heated up enough to discolor the rotor and turn it bluish in color, it must've been DAMN HOT, and that heat may very well have deteriorated the brake fluid, whether it was fresh or not to begin with.

 

[Temple]

I asked one of the guys and he said:
wrong parts or
not put together right or
God is mad at you for not taking better care of your bike to begin with and letting the brakes get that hot.
Take it to someone who knows what they are doing.

 

[Y_lifter]

.. I bet she could tell you...
.
.

 

[curling]

Temple and Gsxr thanks for the help. And no I had mechanics do it. I will advise to change the fluid when they readjust it.

Ylifter that girl is incredible. She actually looked like a 10. Where did you find her. The only thing that would make her look better is wearing one of those survivor cowboy hats and have her sitting on a chopper.

 

[Y_lifter]

http://www.gixxerbabe.superbikeclub.com

 

[HUGHJORGEN]

Sounds like either wrong pads, or a bad caliper. Did you put a new caliper in, or did they rebuild it. Sounds like it is sticking, a sign that the caliper is gummed up to me.