How much for a blummin' bolt!

My rear brake needs some attention. If used it doesn't always release straight away when you lift off the pedal but stays on for a seemingly random amount of time (enough to make slow speed control using it very difficult).

So I'm thinking I need to brave a brake caliper strip and clean up. Now I belive it's good practise to replace the piston seals when you do this so I'm looking around online for prices.

The rear seals are a slightly eye watering £7.27 from Robinsons Foundry.

Having given them as good a going over on the bike as I can I noticed that the hanging pin is a bit worn and I suspect this as a possible cause of my problem. So really I think I ought to be replacing that too. I checked the price of that, which is little more than a bolt... £15.87

At this point I'm thinking of just continuing to ride without using the rear brake. Or possibly pulling it apart carefully and trying to put it back together with the original bits. This, until a unit comes up here or on ebay.

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by 2mths

At this point I'm thinking of just continuing to ride without using the rear brake..

And risk your safety for the price of a bolt??

Originally Posted by tigersaw

And risk your safety for the price of a bolt??

Rear brake works and is there if I need it.

However whilst I see and understand your point, you've chosen to focus on something I hadn't meant to be focused upon but had put in to illustrate my agaspedness (made up - I'm sorry) and the parts prices.

[tigersaw]

If it was a bolt for a aircraft brake it would be about $400!

Err - but it's not?

People who own private aircraft in the first place tend to be able to afford the bills that go with them. Especially if they're the type of 'craft that have $400 bolts.

[Sid Squid]

The caliper isn't the problem here. The lever is dragging on the pivot, first try squirting a bit of WD40 or similar around the pivot and see if the problem is alleviated, if it is then a more permanent fix is:

Originally Posted by Me!

it's common for the lever to corrode a little on it's inner circumference, this corrosion expands a bit and squeezes the bush on to the pivot, in bad cases no amount of lubing solves the problem as the lever grips the pivot so tight. The bush is split, if you're careful you can roll it out, clean the corrosion off and refit the bush, if you smear a little grease on the inner of the lever before fitting the bush it won't happen again so quickly.

Originally Posted by 2mths

Err - but it's not?

People who own private aircraft in the first place tend to be able to afford the bills that go with them. Especially if they're the type of 'craft that have $400 bolts.

all aircraft components are expensive but your first statement isn't true that why most people that have them don't fly much because they cant afford to much

Cheers SidSquid - I'll have a butcher's tomorrow evening (bit late now).

The lever doesn't move very well and it wobbles on it's pivot an amount too. Is that normal\right?

Originally Posted by kcowgergmm

all aircraft components are expensive but your first statement isn't true that why most people that have them don't fly much because they cant afford to much

I'd rather keep this on at least bikes and preferably the scandelous price of parts but if you insist on deviating...

My first statement was that my rear brake needs attention.
If however you are refering to one of my later statements then I assume you mean the one where I used the word "tend", suggesting a generalisation rather than a statement. If you have some evidence to show that this generally isn't the case, ie that I am "wrong" as you put it, and that actually a significant proportion of 'planes are owned by people from the lower and working classes then please share it as I would be most interested to see it.

Sorry - re-reading that it's a bit harsh, or at least comes across harsher than I intended. Monday's aren't my strong point.