Brake caliper/system servicing, mail order

[flymo]

Just testing the water with this before I come back with facts and figures (and ask permission :-) ).

Would there be any interest in a mail order service to have your brake systems overhauled, rebuilt etc. New seals, strip and rebuild, new fluid, pads, hoses etc?

I'm thinking along the lines of you agreeing on a particular brake service option, mailing the complete system (or component parts) to me via courier, I do all the work, rebuild, seals etc, even fill the system and bleed it up ready to bolt on, mail it back to you for re-fitting to the bike.

I know a bunch of people have trouble with brake system servicing or dont have the confidence or knowledge to do it. Hopefully I can help with that.

If its something people would like to see let me know on here or PM and I'll set the wheels in motion, pardon the pun.

[danf1234]

Yes definatley.

Rear caliper off an RGV 250 Full service.

[husky03]

competion i see

[Bibio]

good idea for the mechanically inapt.

[Berlin]

Inept :)

Husky Beat ya to it :)

Caliper turf wars!

Popcorn! :smt040

[timwilky]

Sorry Flymo. I do not know you, therefore I do not know if you are competent. I am sure you are otherwise you would not suggest doing it.

The problem is you would have to have insurance on your work. Otherwise you would be sued all over the place by people using the Flymo overhauled my brakes and now I crashed syndrome.

I always worry whenever I service somebodies bike/car/truck free of charge doing them a favour that they are going to come back using me as an excuse. It was great when part P came in as I had a valid get out whenever people asked me to do a house rewire.

[andrewsmith]

Inept :)

Husky Beat ya to it :)

Caliper turf wars!

Popcorn! :smt040

Haha

I'll join with a deckchair and spectate :p

[flymo]

they come down 'ere, sleeping with our women and taking our jobs....tsk.

lol, had no idea Husky. Fill yer boots mate, let me know when you are done. :-)

[yorkie_chris]

I thought about doing this, decided not to in the end because it's a pain in the tits cracking caliper bolts without a bike to hold it in place for you, and using the vice will get peoples frilly little panties in a twist when it scrapes a 4 micron patch of the rust off of the back side that you can't see with it fitted.

And it's a pain doing it without the hydraulics to help get the pistons out.

Oh and they'll probably be upset when you tell them how much piston and seal kits are because the caliper has been lovingly stored in the North Sea since the mid eighties.


Best of luck :)

[Berlin]

.. Its alright, you could take him Flymo! He's tiny and doesn't even know kung fu!

:D

C

[barwel1992]

I thought about doing this, decided not to in the end because it's a pain in the tits cracking caliper bolts without a bike to hold it in place for you, and using the vice will get peoples frilly little panties in a twist when it scrapes a 4 micron patch of the rust off of the back side that you can't see with it fitted.

And it's a pain doing it without the hydraulics to help get the pistons out.

Oh and they'll probably be upset when you tell them how much piston and seal kits are because the caliper has been lovingly stored in the North Sea since the mid eighties.


Best of luck :)

all of above would put me off to, and the insurance thing like mentioned by some one in a previous post.

plus i have had dermatitis from brake fluid so know have a hatred for it :rolleyes:

as above, best of luck

[flymo]

.. Its alright, you could take him Flymo! He's tiny and doesn't even know kung fu!

:D

C

lol, you got a job lot of popcorn there to shift Carl?

[husky03]

help yourself mate-as YC said the costs of doing calipers is expensive-decent seal kits are about 20 quid for the rear for a curvy, the cheap ones come without the small one and thats another 3 quid,pistons are expensive but most can be polished back to near new condition if not to bad, the expensive part is the actual caliper bolts-£11 for two, and the fecking pins!-don't get me started on them.+ your two courier charges would cost min £12

if your gonna do it good luck mate- I got a job lot of seals and bits from a bike shop that was closing , but i could see you having to charge crazy money-there's a dude on ebay who is £55 for a recon curvy rear(£10 more expensive than me:D) or another does them for £75-brand new there £140-not much money eh.I just like messing about with brakes though(got five curvy calipers ready to go but its slow at the moment).


.. Its alright, you could take him Flymo! He's tiny and doesn't even know kung fu!

:D

C

Hey you watch it-i'm hitting 17 and a half stone now and benching 140kg for five:cheers:
and whose this guy Kung Fu-he from Edinburgh?

[punyXpress]

Hey, flymo !
" I'm thinking along the lines of you agreeing on a particular brake service option, mailing the complete system (or component parts) to me via courier, I do all the work, rebuild, seals etc, even fill the system and bleed it up ready to bolt on, mail it back to you for re-fitting to the bike. "
That'll be OK until the proud owner takes it apart to make refitting easier.

[flymo]

Hey, flymo !
" I'm thinking along the lines of you agreeing on a particular brake service option, mailing the complete system (or component parts) to me via courier, I do all the work, rebuild, seals etc, even fill the system and bleed it up ready to bolt on, mail it back to you for re-fitting to the bike. "
That'll be OK until the proud owner takes it apart to make refitting easier.

well the cunning part of that plan would be to explain that its totally unnecessary to strip it down to refit it.

[hongman]

What kind of guideline prices are you looking at

[flymo]

What kind of guideline prices are you looking at

I wanted to gauge interest on this first, then post up what things actually cost. The aim would be to provide a tailored service depending on what you wanted doing, everything from a strip and rebuild of your removed calipers allowing you to refit and bleed your own system, to a complete service of your brake system (you send the whole thing removed from the bike in one assembly). Full instructions provided to guide you.