new front brake pads & 320mm rotor

[Ed Dobson]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "conjack01" wrote:

> > Dear Sirs, > After draining the oil in the '03 I found this sticking out of the > drain hole: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/24347396@N08/2301549673/ > > Any ideas as to what it may be? I'm thinking that it could be the > doohickey, but that was replaced 7000 miles ago. The bike is in storage > in Africa at the moment while I return to work. I will have one > opportunity to bring the right tools and parts when I return to it > later this year. > Many thanks, > Cam J. >

I gotz a feeling it's not the doohickey. Look closer. ED

[JAMES BUCK]

OK, Fred, I just realized what the problem is. I have also installed progressive fork springs, and after finally getting the bike off the jack, I realized that the forks are not aligned properly. I just didn't look at the problem long enough before posting. Thanks for your input! I'll update after I've corrected that issue..... James, Dallas

On Mar 1, 2008, at 1:10 PM, Fred Hink wrote: > Then you may have one or more problems. I would first make sure that > your front wheel spins freely. Take off your caliper and see if the > pads are where they are supposed to be and if that all looks good, I'd > suspect the rotor. I don't know which oversized rotor you have but the > EBC OS rotor can only be mounted one way. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Buck > To: Fred Hink > Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:03 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] New front brake pads & 320mm rotor > > I don't think I put it all back together incorrectly, but as you > stated, ":-/"......... > > Yes, the pads are dragging on the rotor. My noob thinking was that it > was simply a product of new pads and new rotor together. The wheel > will not spin freely...... > > On Mar 1, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Fred Hink wrote: > > > It would be hard to put your front brakes together wrong but I guess > > anything is possible. :-/ > > Does your front brakes drag? Can you spin the front wheel at least a > > half dozen times before it stops? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: James Buck > > To: Fred Hink > > Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:39 AM > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] New front brake pads & 320mm rotor > > > > Thanks for the quick response, Fred! > > > > I don't see any such instruction (about removing part of the pad) on > > the sheet that came with the rotor. I also changed out to a > stainless > > front line, flushing the old fluid out prior to installing the new > > pads and rotor. Perhaps I didn't put everything back together in the > > proper order? > > > > On Mar 1, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Fred Hink wrote: > > > > Did your instructions with your rotor ask you to remove about 3/8" > of > > the nub that hangs off the bottom of one of your brakepads? Is this > > part of the brakepad hitting your rotor? > > > > Fred > > http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com > > http://s1.zetaboards.com/arrowhead > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: prodxn > > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:06 AM > > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] New front brake pads & 320mm rotor > > > > KLRista, > > > > I just installed a new 320mm rotor and Galfer Green brake pads on > the > > A15 (among other > > maintenance/mods), and I've got a couple of issues thus far. > > > > First, I can't seem to bleed the front (SS) line enough to firm up > > the brake lever. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 7:04 PM +0000 3/1/08, Ed Dobson wrote:

>--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "conjack01" wrote: >> >> Dear Sirs, >> After draining the oil in the '03 I found this sticking out of the >> drain hole: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/24347396@N08/2301549673/ >> >> Any ideas as to what it may be? I'm thinking that it could be the >> doohickey, but that was replaced 7000 miles ago. The bike is in storage >> in Africa at the moment while I return to work. I will have one >> opportunity to bring the right tools and parts when I return to it >> later this year. >> Many thanks, >> Cam J. >> > >I gotz a feeling it's not the doohickey. Look closer.

Until a less $hitty photo surfaces, my money's on the doohickey, the part that fits on the shaft. To the OP: When you stated that it was replaced, did you use an OEM one? Mark

[andykisz]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Dobson" wrote:

> I gotz a feeling it's not the doohickey. Look closer. > > ED >

What do you think it is? I've got my OEM doohickey here in front of me and I think what's sticking out of the drain hole is the piece that seats on the shaft. That part is fairly thick and is beveled for about 3/4 of its thickness. I think I can see that detail in the photo at the bottom portion of the broken part. Look along the jagged edge.

[Doug Herr]

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote:

> Until a less $hitty photo surfaces, my money's on the doohickey, the > part that fits on the shaft. > To the OP: When you stated that it was replaced, did you use an OEM one?

Make sure you are looking at the largest downloadable version of the picture on the original site. I just found my original doo and took this: http://wombatz.com/doo.jpg The left is the one in question. The right is my old but not broken doo. It is pretty obvious to me. -- Doug Herr doug@... A16 in Oakland, California

[Richard A. Butler]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Dobson" wrote:

>

Try A magnet, Ill bet A magnet wont stick to it. If it were a doohicky the magnet would stick.

> --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "conjack01" wrote: > > > > Dear Sirs, > > After draining the oil in the '03 I found this sticking out of

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> > drain hole: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/24347396@N08/2301549673/ > > > > Any ideas as to what it may be? I'm thinking that it could be the > > doohickey, but that was replaced 7000 miles ago. The bike is in

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> > in Africa at the moment while I return to work. I will have one > > opportunity to bring the right tools and parts when I return to

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> > later this year. > > Many thanks, > > Cam J. > > > > I gotz a feeling it's not the doohickey. Look closer. > > ED >