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[spodge]

I thought I would check/replace my rear brake pads, so got myself a new pr of pads.
Come to take the caliper off and guess what the bloody slide pin has gone and sheared.... )

I'm now at a loss as to what to do, I saw a NEW caliper from A J Sutton for £380, phew.
None that I could see on Ebay.

I wouldn't mind I only got it in Dec/Jan.

Desperate, any ideas????

Pete

[dapleb]

Get a gneu sloide pin?

 

Got a piccy?

[spodge]

Ah, but the broken bit of the pin (just after where the thread finishes)is seized in the caliper
and I think that is a blind hole.so I can't just knock it out, can't say I fancy drilling it out
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[Lightning]

The bolt is a couple of quid, If you dont fancy trying to get the old one out just take the caliper off and get local bike garage to do it, might want to spray some gt85 in it to loosen it up overnight tho...how annoying

[Rallyist]

Remove rear wheel take caliper of bike seperate from bracket and you should be able to get the offening bit out with a pair of mole grips.

[leehenty]

if you still can't get it out after all the advice above, send the caliper to me.

I'll pop a slot drill down the 10mm hole to mill the broken end flat, then drill it out on the milling machine.

Then make you a new pair stainless slide pins (on the lathe) 

 

The caliper couldn't have been doing much sliding seized like that.

Edited by leehenty, 24 April 2014 - 02:00 pm.

[spodge]

Taken wheel & caliper off. 2nd slide bolt sheared
Have tried mole-grips, but stuck solid, just slides round.
So have ground flats on them and will leave soaking overnight.

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As you can see pad(S) seriously worn !!

Edited by spodge, 24 April 2014 - 02:44 pm.

[jlmtdm]

Get it to Lee he can fix it .

[leehenty]

Taken wheel & caliper off. 2nd slide bolt sheared
Have tried mole-grips, but stuck solid, just slides round.
So have ground flats on them and will leave soaking overnight.

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As you can see pad(S) seriously worn !!

That's going to be a milling job IMHO, did you notice the rear brake was down on braking power ? I'd also check that the disc is still true. The good thing is the hydraulic part of the caliper is off now so that makes it much easier.

Get it to Lee he can fix it .

Thanks for the vote of confidence. 

Edited by leehenty, 24 April 2014 - 05:48 pm.

[Rallyist]

gentle heat would help with removal.

[spodge]

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That's going to be a milling job IMHO, did you notice the rear brake was down on braking power ? I'd also check that the disc is still true. The good thing is the hydraulic part of the caliper is off now so that makes it much easier.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. 

Well braking power was OK, I think. I would have felt the pedal "oscillating"
wouldn't I if the disk was out of true.

But the disk is heavily scored, I did have a bike a couple of years ago that passed an MOT with a similarly scored disk.

[spodge]

The local bike shop got them out for me, a bit of a pig they said

[spodge]

Wow, just got a quote from Fowlers for parts



Slide pins : 5JW-25914-10 2off £3.07 each, plus v.a.t, in stock

Shim caliper : 5GJ-25827-00 2off £4.62 each, plus v.a.t, no stock, 3-5 days to order

Boot(2): 4TT-25937 00 2off £9.84 each, plus v.a.t, in stock

The boots were destroyed trying to get the pins out, there were NO shims fitted when I dismantled it??

Edited by spodge, 25 April 2014 - 03:30 pm.

[leehenty]

ouch, over 10 quid for a rubber boot ?