Post by genseeker on Jun 25, 2014 17:53:17 GMT -5
Rear brakes no longer working on Tank 250. Throttle stuck a while back & my son rode it home anyways instead of calling me in the middle of the night to look at it. He rode the rear brakes the whole way home & they were locked by the time he got home, luckily it was less than a 1 mile ride. Next morning, rear brakes were no longer frozen but now he has no rear brakes. Can't see any damage to the cables, caliper looks good on visual, plenty fluid in cylinder reservoir.
Fast forward to last night, he rode it with still only front brakes to a nearby store. Left it parked for several hours while he caught a ride to a friend's house in a different town. Got ready to come home & it wouldn't start. Got someone to bring him home & brought the battery, took less than 2 hrs for full charge.
*Already chewed him out over riding with only front brakes.
So my questions:
1. How likely is it he has ruined the brake setup on the rear? I found a new assembly (lever to caliper) on Ebay if needed.
2. How hard is it to replace the rear brake assembly?
3. Is it possible the starting problem is related to the rear brake hardware problems? The left lever is broken so is very short, wondering if maybe it's just in the lever assembly preventing it from starting.
4. Any videos available on replacing the rear brake assembly complete?
Although I'm female I'm fairly handy with a wrench and prefer to do as much of my own work as possible. Would need to know sizes for fasteners since all I really have is SAE tools, getting a metric socket set as soon as it is back in stock @ Lowes. It has both deep and shallow 10mm & 12mm-18mm sockets. Already planning on getting an 8mm as well.
Fast forward to last night, he rode it with still only front brakes to a nearby store. Left it parked for several hours while he caught a ride to a friend's house in a different town. Got ready to come home & it wouldn't start. Got someone to bring him home & brought the battery, took less than 2 hrs for full charge.
*Already chewed him out over riding with only front brakes.
So my questions:
1. How likely is it he has ruined the brake setup on the rear? I found a new assembly (lever to caliper) on Ebay if needed.
2. How hard is it to replace the rear brake assembly?
3. Is it possible the starting problem is related to the rear brake hardware problems? The left lever is broken so is very short, wondering if maybe it's just in the lever assembly preventing it from starting.
4. Any videos available on replacing the rear brake assembly complete?
Although I'm female I'm fairly handy with a wrench and prefer to do as much of my own work as possible. Would need to know sizes for fasteners since all I really have is SAE tools, getting a metric socket set as soon as it is back in stock @ Lowes. It has both deep and shallow 10mm & 12mm-18mm sockets. Already planning on getting an 8mm as well.
