Tue, 10 Feb 1998 17:58:20 +0100 - Message No. 2136
From: Janko Michael

Subject: AW: Problem with the frontbrake


Hi Ingo,
I'd rather say that this is quite a common problem instead of a 
strange one! I'm not sure whether this also happens to other bikes, 
but with the @ it's quite well known. For the Germans: If you want to 
find out more, just look up the "Forum" in "motorradonline.de" It also 
happened already to me, but it was not only the dirt on the pistons 
but also the aging of the gasket (o-ring) The older the rubber gets 
the less is its power to remove the piston. Together with the dirt 
this ends in brakepads stuck to the disk. I repaired it myself. 
Disassembling the brakes, removing the pistons, cleaning the surface 
(if corroded or otherwise damaged replace pistons!!! Otherwise you 
will damage the new gasket which leads to leakage!) of the pistons, 
replacing the gaskets and reassembling the brake is the cure! Be 
careful when reassembling the brakes! You mustn't use violence when 
bringing the piston back into the cylinder! This may result in 
gasketdamage - leakage.....! Remember - the brake is your life 
insurance.
Ciao, Micha ;-)

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Von:  Dölle[SMTP:doelle@cww.de]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Februar 1998 15:44
An:  XRV
Betreff:   (XRV) Problem with the frontbrake

Hi folks !
I just have a question to you.

Yesterday I got my @ back from my dealers garage. Because of defect
frontbrakes I  had to pay a bill of 500 DEM to get rid of my problem.
The problem was that the brake-pistons which let the brakepads bite 
the
brakedisks did not want to move back into the brake-saddle. This 
depends
on the dirtcrust around the pistons which do not let the pistons 
slide
past the gaskets into the saddle. That causes permanent  heat up of 
the
breakdisks and hopeless tries of pushing the @ by hand. So I ordered 
my
garage to clean the brake-pistons and change the gaskets in the
brakesaddle.
My dealer said this is a strange problem which does not happen very
often.
So now I want to know if I am the only one to whom that shit happened 
?
Please tell me, until then

Ingo Döring




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