Broken Caliper

Wonda-Boy

Sticking on the new set of "HH" pads today, was inserting the slider pins back into the brake caliper when finished and was tightening them up and SNAP the piece that holds the pin in (the circle with the threads) snapped in half. :mad::mad::mad:
What the **** are parts made of these days ffs

I was not using excessive force (learned that the hard way already) it was just about hand tight and I was giving it a quarter turn more.....

Will have to ring the usual suspects tomorrow to get the bike sorted for Cookstown.

nerrad1983

Its always when you least need something to go wrong that it will :rolleyes:

Hopefully you have it sorted by the weekend

Stainless_Steel

There made out of cast alloy and you're inserting a steel bolt.

A quarter turn beyond hand tight is a bit tight IMO. More like an eight turn should do it.

I always mark the bolts with a bit of mail varnish and check every week to see if they are holding.

Pigeon Reaper

A torque wrench is the best thing to use for bolts in cast parts. A little bit of thread lock will ensure it stays put and doesn't seize.

Richard tea

Is the piece of the pin that snapped totally inside the threaded part? If its anyway sticking out the far side you might be able to get a pliers onto it. Post a pic

Wonda-Boy

The bolt did not brake the actual caliper broke around the pin...its the outer most bolt away from the forks. I did have threadlock on it aswell....hopefully I get sorted in cityspares or the like.

Hotblack Desiato

Pigeon Reaper wrote: »

A torque wrench is the best thing to use for bolts in cast parts.

You can still screw up with torque wrenches. Honda quote torque figures for oiled threads, Triumph for dry threads (but who in their right mind would put a brake caliper bolt in dry?) - stripped the head of the pad pin.
Also when using a torque wrench at the bottom end of its range, it can be very hard to feel the click and they tend to be inaccurate at the low end anyway.

Kat1170

Probably caused by road salt. Had the caliper lug on fork leg bottom snap off last year. Suppose its better these things happen in the shed than on the road. Still a right pain in the ass. :mad::mad:

Stainless_Steel

ninja900 wrote: »

You can still screw up with torque wrenches. Honda quote torque figures for oiled threads, Triumph for dry threads (but who in their right mind would put a brake caliper bolt in dry?) - stripped the head of the pad pin.
Also when using a torque wrench at the bottom end of its range, it can be very hard to feel the click and they tend to be inaccurate at the low end anyway.

+1.

I see it time and time again where someone uses a half inch drive torque wrench to do up something to a low torque. You really need a decent quarter inch wrench (snap-on, teng etc).

In saying that I rarely use a torque wrench. After doing up thousands of bolts you get a feel for it.

Bikerguy

bad luck there... i hope you will get it sorted ..

Wonda-Boy

Well screwed for the minute as cityspares and the bikebreakers in Monaghan have no calipers salvaged......:mad:

RosieJoe

A few more breakers here for you http://www.bikeireland.ie/irishbreakers.htm

Wonda-Boy

RosieJoe wrote: »

A few more breakers here for you http://www.bikeireland.ie/irishbreakers.htm

Thanx Joe I stumbled across the same link myself, I think I might have got sorted not too far from your neck of the woods, he is just checking for me now.
Hopefully he will stay open late for me to nip over tonite, doubt it all the same.

spiggotpaddy

Try paddy cosstello in tullamore 05793 49745
he's sound and price's are good.

Wonda-Boy

Will do....have sourced a 05 caliper so it should do the job. Gonna google it and hope its a match.......;)

Wossack

ebay is pretty good for spares

and for checking compatibility, I often use - http://www.ronayers.com/Fiche - which has a reverse part lookup to see if a particular part is used throughout years, or on different bikes.

Wonda-Boy

Thanx the heavens I got sorted, got an 08 caliper which did the job. In fact I got the left and the right caliper with the pads still in them and all the hoses attached for €80, big thanx to Lookbehindyou for collecting them for me...LEGEND

Wossack

good news

dorannoel

Good news u got sorted wonda-boy

spiggotpaddy

Lay off the spinach putting the new one on.

nerrad1983

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Thanx the heavens I got sorted, got an 08 caliper which did the job. In fact I got the left and the right caliper with the pads still in them and all the hoses attached for €80, big thanx to Lookbehindyou for collecting them for me...LEGEND

That was a good price considering the lad near me wanted €50 for just 1

At least you will be sorted for Cookstown now

RosieJoe

Happy days Gary!

Wonda-Boy

Yep all set and ready for the off tomorrow to Cookstown....early start but sure its part of the craic.