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Post by scotttx on Aug 24, 2014 9:15:26 GMT -5
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Post by scotttx on Aug 22, 2014 23:00:32 GMT -5
.05 is plenty, think he was referring to .005 as you said.
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Post by scotttx on Aug 21, 2014 11:41:37 GMT -5
re-torque your head? double check your valves?
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Post by scotttx on Aug 21, 2014 9:21:57 GMT -5
you should be able to get a good shot of the engine by taking out the bucket under the seat
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Post by scotttx on Aug 19, 2014 18:10:58 GMT -5
Hey Scott did you keep the so called abs on the brakes? Yeah, I didnt mess with it since it didnt seem to be working at all  |
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Post by scotttx on Aug 19, 2014 16:55:46 GMT -5
no, there's pressure. I just meant there's no drop in pressure like the 'abs' was kicking in when I put some real hard pressure on it.
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Post by scotttx on Aug 19, 2014 12:49:04 GMT -5
ok, hope this fixes it. it was all cruddy in there with what looked like aluminum oxide. I cleaned and hit it with some grease. seemed to take out the bind. now if it'd just stop raining I'd take it for a test drive.
oh yeah, dont think it was the abs after all. no matter how hard I squeezed there was no pressure release. who knows if that thing is even working at all.
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Post by scotttx on Aug 19, 2014 12:07:11 GMT -5
I rebuilt the lower end yesterday, cleaned and lubed pins and it feels better already. now I can feel some binding in the brake lever which I'm going to do today. it's a pain to get to because it has plastic over the handlebars.
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Post by scotttx on Aug 18, 2014 22:23:18 GMT -5
from what I've seen working on this bike I dont think I'd trust them to get abs right (even fake). some of the half assery I've found is just comical.
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Post by scotttx on Aug 18, 2014 11:01:46 GMT -5
so in other words, everything! I just bought it a week or so ago (only 500 miles on it) and I've been going over it top to bottom. this was just a test drive after lots and lots of work. I sure would like to ditch that abs though. if its as simple as taking it off and plugging the hydraulic line directly to the brake consider it done.
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Post by scotttx on Aug 18, 2014 10:54:32 GMT -5
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Post by scotttx on Aug 17, 2014 14:40:06 GMT -5
the more reading I'm doing about brakes it seems like what I'm seeing is the chinese abs going into action. that is completely stupid, you're in an emergency braking situation, you clamp down hard on the brakes and all the sudden you have no pressure your instinct is to squeeze even harder!
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Post by scotttx on Aug 17, 2014 9:26:49 GMT -5
strange problem with my front brakes and thought I'd ask before tearing them apart. At first they're hard to squeeze, hard hard hard and then all of the sudden EASY! I dropped it on a dirt road the other day cause they locked up on me.
I planned on starting with the easy part, checking the pads and caliper pins. Then its the master cylinder. its a wildfire 150 and I think it has the pseudo anti-lock brake thingy on there also.
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Post by scotttx on Aug 15, 2014 20:30:34 GMT -5
and look for bad vacuum lines. original ones crack
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Post by scotttx on Aug 14, 2014 20:57:46 GMT -5
my diagnosis: complete engine lock up
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