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captainsmelly
15-07-09, 09:27 PM
Or not. My rear caliper as discovered last week!

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt146/iamcaptainsmelly/DSC00347.jpg

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt146/iamcaptainsmelly/DSC00348.jpg
Spiderman
15-07-09, 09:36 PM
Am i seeing this right? have you cut the pins for some reason?
arcdef
15-07-09, 09:37 PM
took me a while to notice that! That's as good as me finding my caliper hanging off!
captainsmelly
15-07-09, 09:40 PM
Am i seeing this right? have you cut the pins for some reason?


Not me dude, some f*cktard previous owner did this because they couldn't get the pins out to change the pads!


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dizzyblonde
15-07-09, 09:41 PM
Fail!!!
GeneticBubble
15-07-09, 09:46 PM
Fail!!!

:smt018 no not fail...






EPIC FAIL!!!
Bibio
15-07-09, 09:47 PM
holy molly... the things some folk will do to save a few penny's..
merlin427
15-07-09, 10:04 PM
Unbelievable! Apart from why I can't understand how. If the pins were seized in how do you cut the middle out? Bizarre
dizzyblonde
15-07-09, 10:05 PM
:smt018 no not fail...






EPIC FAIL!!!

quite.....

I should hope the OP goes over the bike with a fine toothcomb to make sure we don't have one of these

http://www.tomorrowstechnician.com/cs/blogs/brakefrontend/fail-owned-tire-fail.jpg
captainsmelly
15-07-09, 10:11 PM
lol I have just ordered full brake rebuild kits, front and rear!
(front brakes are are mess too, not bodged just knackered)
xXBADGERXx
15-07-09, 11:00 PM
Unbelievable! Apart from why I can't understand how. If the pins were seized in how do you cut the middle out? Bizarre

Junior Hacksaw , remove blade and thread it through , then put the blade back into the hacksaw , easily done and about the stupidest thing in the Universe to do .
yorkie_chris
15-07-09, 11:27 PM
Or a dremel or similar.

You'll almost certainly need to split the caliper.
CheGuevara
16-07-09, 12:12 PM
Silly people - can't you see those are special MotoGP quick-change pad pins! I'd have a set myself if I could afford them. Lucky guy! :)
Spiderman
16-07-09, 12:41 PM
Che, i'm sure i could make you....erm sell you a set of mine for a fair price if you're really that interested ;)
jambo
16-07-09, 12:57 PM
Err,

That's not ideal.

Jambo
Viney
16-07-09, 12:58 PM
I have a set of staninless steel ones as well Che ;)
mister c
16-07-09, 01:03 PM
Nice job, man to my own heart. Only joking..... That is totally amazing, I know I'm called a botcher, but that takes the preverbial.
flymo
16-07-09, 01:20 PM
not exactly a quality job but thinking about it, the caliper sits underslung on the curvy doesnt it? If so the pads are very unlikely to be given any opportunity to fall out, even under braking.

Definately a bodge, not something I would do myself unless I was very stuck temporarily but safe enough to ride I reckon.

edit **** cancel my last transmission :-) Not familiar with the curvy rear caliper position but appears that the pads drop out from underneath yes? not entirely a good idea then.
Alpinestarhero
16-07-09, 01:38 PM
one for www.thereifixedit.com (http://www.thereifixedit.com)
Lozzo
16-07-09, 01:39 PM
You have to admit, it is rather clever and what I'd call a 'proper bodge'.

I'll bet the guy was trained in Cuba or central Africa
flymo
16-07-09, 01:40 PM
You have to admit, it is rather clever and what I'd call a 'proper bodge'.

I'll bet the guy was trained in Cuba or central Africa

he'll be ex-SAS and can make anything from an old coat hanger.
CheGuevara
16-07-09, 01:52 PM
I have a set of staninless steel ones as well Che ;)

Sorry -no pedestrian alloys for me thanks - unobtanium or nothing ;)
rictus01
16-07-09, 02:06 PM
Not sure I’d rely on corrosion as an adhesive for the pins, how ever from experience it has proved effective on other parts :smt102

:smt043

Cheers Mark.