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TheCafeKid

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Is your brake a stock setup? If so take a couple of close up pics and post them. I'll look and see if I notice anything (spacer missing, etc.) I doubt it will help, but it can't hurt. Your rear wheel should spin pretty freely without much if any rub.
 
Its stock except this new caliper is off an 80...i checked them out and they look and measure identical..But this one rubs, and its a lil tight putting it on the bracket, so that may be it, but it still doesnt explain the constant lock up. The only thing i can think is that rotor is warped, or the hoses are no good. I've been batling this since i bought the bike, and have yet to figure it out.
 
Yeah, whatever... I never followed him after he left MN as a bad ass collegiate wrestler. NCAA Champ. Hes gonna bring something to UFC.
 
He's gonna get destroyed in the UFC...these guys are for real. Kimbo Slice would get destroyed in the UFC, and hes possibly the scariest man ive ever seen. lol
 
beergood said:
Is your brake a stock setup? If so take a couple of close up pics and post them. I'll look and see if I notice anything (spacer missing, etc.) I doubt it will help, but it can't hurt. Your rear wheel should spin pretty freely without much if any rub.
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I'll post up some pics tomorrow BG...obviously its dark right now and i dont have a garage so the bike is in my shed out of the rain and snow. I checked BB and the caliper part no. are not the same, but they look and measure absolutely identical. SOO i guess i'll be going back to the original caliper, as it didnt seem so tight, nor did it rub as much before. Wait..i wonder if the BRACKET is spaced differently, like maybe ITS wider and not the caliper. Makes sense i guess since the spoke rims would be a lil more narrow that the cast id think. Gonna bang my head against the wall some more and see what happens tomorrow. Damit.
 
Wow i managed to find Stainless brake line cheaper than OEM replacement lines on Z1...definately going with that! The OEM lines are about 25 bucks a piece and the stainless equivelant is about 15...THAT is a hell of a deal. I love Z1
:-D
 
Wow. I think I may just buy some along with the new caliper for the front.... Would you happen to know if all the fitting are the same size for these UJMs? I'm probably gonna get the caliper off of a Kaw as per 8track's instructions
 
I would bet so. 10mm i think they are all that. But if not, you can get the fitting from them for the Kaw side of it, and then get the fitting from them for the Zook side of it...cos the ends will all be the same, and they supply for both bikes...You have a PM btw...keep it hush hush...lmao
 
Hmm I think these shall be ordered before the day is through. I need new lines and I might as well upgrade now... Got the PM and it has been kept on the DL. Purdy fuggen sweet deal :-D
 
Yeah, i thought so. I replied. Go for it man! im gonna get some this week too. Im on the fence tho, cos if i go with that swinger conversion im going to have to buy a longer single break line, as right now i have a rubber hose leading from the MC to a hard line, then one leading from the hardline to the caliper. But the swinger doesnt have hardlines as they switched over to all rubber after a certain year, so ill have to buy one long steel line. Should i just do it now and bypass the hardline? And will a couple extra inches affect my brake power?? I wouldnt think so since its a sealed pressurized system?
 
Yeah I'd bypass the hardline now. And as for losing braking power. Tough to say because there's absolutely NO flex in those hardline plus they're a smaller diameter than flexible lines so I would think they're offer more brake pressure BUT then again you'll be dealing with a SS brake line which is supposed to have little or no flex at all. As for the couple of extra inches affecting brake pressure I'd say no. Cuz yeah its a seal system and basically fluid is gonna be occupying whatever extra length you have on there. Plus if I remember correctly force travels through liquid VERY efficently so any extra fluid in the system is gonna make too small of a difference for you too feel anyways. UNLESS its was a very BIG distance but we're talking about only a few inches so you should be fine
 
Thats what i was thinking. Plus even if i did buy a line now that was too short for the new swinger, i can always get a male to male adaptor they sell and get a lil 5 incher line or something.
 
NOW YOUR THINKING WITH THE OL' NOGGIN! But like I always tell my brother, "Your better giving yourself more to work with then less. Cuz its easy to cut off excess but a pain in the ass trying to get more _________" And you basically fill in the blank with whatever you just happen to be working with.
 
I always told my lil bros when they worked construction for me, if they cut something too short..." Did ya bring your wood/metal/wire/etc stretcher with you today??" they of course would tell me to fvck off...lol
 
Lol great minds think alike. Plus little ****y minds think alike also because that's the same response I would get from my bro when I'd give him sh!t after he cut something short
 
Well dude I'm off. I'm gonna get some wrenching done tomorrow. Laters
 
Laters man, ima try some tomorrow too provided i dont get rained on all morning. PEASE
 
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