AndrewElvisFan

Had all that on my chopper and transferred it all over to my Grifter! Wonder what tassels would look like on my SR?

I was caught doing 102 in a 70 - court day, 60 points, £350 fine and no extra on insurance First time offender!

I know it's an old one but just came across and it made me chuckle

Wish I could too but got 2 poorly kids to entertain!

Hiya Nik! I would suggest searching this forum for 'chewed out' but perhaps not on a shared PC! Lovely sunny day - why are you not enjoying the tarmac?

Lol. Yeah but that's by choice!

Cheers! I've double checked the bike over now using google and YouTube so should be good. Should have done that a week ago I guess!

Tyres have about 1000 miles left on them so about 6 months. In about a month I think I'm going to need to fit a new cam chain. There is still about 3mm left on the pads so plenty to play with but I think for the sake of a tenner I'll do them at the same time as new tyres. Then it'll be time for the car to have its MOT! Something tells me I'll still be on L plates at Squires

Update: Bled and stripped it all down again and all is clean as a whistle. Used some grease on the bolt that holds the pads and refit to the bike. Bled it all through and working perfectly! Had to switch the wires back for the light cos the high beam light on the dash was working when it shouldn't and vice versa, put new bulb in and is now working as it should. No play in rear wheel and even straightened the rear brake rod. Re test booked for Saturday morning and feeling confident Thanks for all your input!

When it actually hits +1 are you having a party???!!

Grey or pale blue would be my preference, with Y and C on reverse, but happy to go with majority.

Is it the colour you don't like or the back design?

I used a small amount of brake fluid as per manual. Like you say hard to quantify effort used - I'm still suffer from d+v virus so possibly not that hard! I'll take it off and check the grease in the calipers tomorrow night and re post.

The piston did take a fair amount of effort to push in after I'd put new seals in. Should it have been an easy slide in?

Lol. At least when they're done everyone should be happy with them. Can't rush into things like this!

Do these pics help describe what I mean? It's a bit dark out there now, but I'll stick another couple up tomorrow when I've removed it again.

It is the sliding single type. The piston is approximately 35mm. I've stripped it, given a good clean and refitted with new seals. There are also 2 sliding pins, 1 smaller than the other but were both clean to the eye and smooth in operation. They are not operated by the oil and appear to only keep the plates level. I'll strip it again tomorrow after work and see what happens with fresh grease.

Really like the back on no.3 and colour. Remove the full stop after annual meet on the first line a I'd be happy with any.

I finally got new seals and after cleaning all corrosion and brake dust away, got it all re fitted. Unfortunately the pads are still binding. New brake fluid, new seals. Only thing is I'm not 100% sure they've gone back in the same way. Although identical pads, one has worn more than the other. Would this make a major difference on refitting? The wheel does turn but not freely. Also, one of the pads had this on it but i can't see what good it did on it's own - I would have expected 2 or 4 to make it symmetrical. Any ideas?

It says 'Repeat Offender'

I'm sure somewhere 'safely packed' I have 10" open air sub, a couple of 8" 3-way's, a 250 amp and a 200 amp if you change your mind! A few years old but as I don't have an Escort anymore haven't re-fitted them!!

Steve might be interested in a blind puller though lol!

Cheers - bearings are out now. I've just measured inside the hub at 109mm so same as the long spacer. Either yamaha changed the spec in 97 (date of my manual) or a previous owner changed the spacer. So panic over there! Bearings are on order and I will be collecting tomorrow. Just got to sort the front brakes out now. Struggling to loosen off a hex bolt though - already twisted a hex key!!

I was just thinking the same about measuring the internal of the hub. But it can wait a few hours - it's 3am here lol

Number 1 is the left hand bearing. On the opposite side (brake) is where the bearing pics were from. Inside the hub was loads of dirt and rusty bits of crap.