Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:57:29 +0100 - Message No. 2182
From: Stehlik

Subject: Re: Problem with the frontbrake


Hi guys,

I have the same problem as you and as I donīt drive in winter, I tried
to clean the pistons and all the brakeholder during the winter time. And
as I would like to remove the brakepads to get to them, I had to remove
two screws that keep them in their place (as you know there are two:
first one is long, screwed deep and keeping the brakepads, and the
second one very short that secure the first one in his hole). Because I
bought second-hand @ last year and there was missing one of the smaller
screws, I make myself two new screws (from normal steel - nothing
special), colored them black, and lightly screw them them in (so I had
two non-original screws in, and the original one in my pocket). It was
in July 97. Since that I went about 8 000 km. Now I  tried to loose them
- what a surprise I'm NOT able to loose them.
Now I'm thinking how to do it.

So what I wanted to say is : don't make the same mystake as I made and
make that small screws from normal not blackened steel, they will after
some time really "glue" to the brakeholder.

Bye for now


Vlada





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