Torque arm bolt
 

Mine went AWOL today, first I knew of it was applying the back brake at the end of a 100 mile jaunt, felt like the lever kicked back, then no back brakes and a solid lever.

Turns out applying the brake had caused the caliper to spin round, it was about level with the swingarm with the brake line stretched round the back of the swingarm.

What a git.

Anyone know the size? I'm at MissY_C's at the moment so don't have my stockpile of bits to hand!

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You're not the first, lucky it didn't have you off.

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Yeah I'm surprised it didn't lock the back wheel solid.

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The front one is an odd shape but the rear is a standard bolt. You can get away with using an M8 or M10 bolt to get you back home mate.

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I've had same happen to me and got away with it too.
Brake line(braided hose) got ripped off in my case


Ben

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you didn't have MIssYC on the back did you???:smt103
Don't you wish you had a split pinned bolt on it????? or was it the other end?

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I had thought about doing that to mine, but it has never been a problem since and I wasn't 100% sure what caused it.

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But they've both should have locknuts anyway.

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I didn't feel anything different, bit worrying! :confused:

Think he's sorted it now, so I don't have to worry too much going home tomorrow:rolleyes:

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When the caliper grabbed it yanked the hose and wrapped it round the swingarm, we were doing less than 5mph, and all it felt like was the lever retaliating to me standing on it all these miles! Obviously the hose being squashed put a lot of pressure back through the system.

Doesn't look to be losing much/any fluid so will avoid using it and put a new line on it tomorrow or thursday