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Canadian Daves JustKDX
Yet another maintenance advise......
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[QUOTE="canyncarvr, post: 840429, member: 16552"] Dirt bikes lead a pretty rough life...keeping them in [b]marginally[/b] good working order can take a lot of time and money. re: brake pins Problems with these have been discussed before. I thought I had taken good care of mine. I cleaned them every time I changed pads with a scotchbrite to get them nice and smooth. I use 2-3 sets of pads a year. I always looked for divots/dings where the pins ride in the pad slots, would chamfer/clean those up as required. They never were any big deal. Any time I replaced pads I would ensure the slots actually slipped on the pins. They don't always. If they didn't I would rattail the slots to make them right. Also to remove any sharp edges on those slots. I put anti-seize on the threads everytime I put them back in, never over-tightened them, always used a good wrench...nothing goobered that would damage the allen head. Here's the bugger. One of 'em stuck anyway. The allen-head rounded out like butter. A good way to turn a ten minute job into hours of fussin'. I ended up drilling out the head to detach the pin shaft so I had enough depth to use a correctly sized ez-out (screw extractor). I lucked out in getting the head out with no damage to the caliper. Here's the point. [b]Replace[/b] your pins before you have to! Maybe after a couple years and a few sets of pads, put that in your GP maintenance column (General Principle). If you wait until they give up you're likely in for one heck'uva time! [/QUOTE]
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