cryingbaby
XS650 Member
Im crying right now because it is nice out and i cant ride my bike. I cant stop crying. My rear brake is broken. When I took my bike out the rear brake got all stuck and was smoking and all hot. I put the bike up on the center stand and i couldn't spin the rear wheel. I went inside for a soda and when I was done drinking it i came back out nd i could spin the wheel fine. Since then I've taken the caliper apart and put it back together (I know i shouldnt expect that to fix anything but everything looked fine) I took the master cylinder apart and cleaned up a tiny bit of corrosion on the piston with some very fine sanding paper. I took the bike out for a text when I had it all put back together and it did better. it went longer before the brake stuck or whatever. I think the brake sticks because the pad rubs a lot and then the fluid gets all hot and whatever...
so here is my question.
When i took the bike out for the last time the brake pad screw fell off. I probably forgot to tihten it good or whatever. I looked at the one in the front cliper and it looks like it only has threads near the top and the rest is like a rough pin. Im not sure if its the shape of the part or its just worn down like that, it looks pretty rough, it might even be a replacement the previous owner invented or something. I wana put the right part in and if I dont find some answers soon im just going to take a screw and cut it down to look exactly like the one in the front caliper. The manual I have just calls the part brake pad screw and theres a picture of it in a diagram but it looks like it might just be a screw.
please anybody help me. My girlfriend said she would leave me if I dont stop crying but its impossible for me not to cry when my bikes making me so so sad.
any feedback is gr8tly appreciated, I have gotten a lot of good information from this forum in the past I hope someone can help me so that i can stop crying and my girlfriend wont break up with me.
Thank you
so here is my question.
When i took the bike out for the last time the brake pad screw fell off. I probably forgot to tihten it good or whatever. I looked at the one in the front cliper and it looks like it only has threads near the top and the rest is like a rough pin. Im not sure if its the shape of the part or its just worn down like that, it looks pretty rough, it might even be a replacement the previous owner invented or something. I wana put the right part in and if I dont find some answers soon im just going to take a screw and cut it down to look exactly like the one in the front caliper. The manual I have just calls the part brake pad screw and theres a picture of it in a diagram but it looks like it might just be a screw.
please anybody help me. My girlfriend said she would leave me if I dont stop crying but its impossible for me not to cry when my bikes making me so so sad.
any feedback is gr8tly appreciated, I have gotten a lot of good information from this forum in the past I hope someone can help me so that i can stop crying and my girlfriend wont break up with me.
Thank you