Re: My CBX build
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:58 am
Short post for the brake calipers and some other bits;
Got front and rear bake master cylinder seal kits, new pads all round and new caliper seal kits, also put new pistons in while they were stripped down. These are some of the few things that are readily available, I think these were from Tourmax.
Some of the most primitive brakes there are..............
Rear caliper assembly in, the period "Hagon" shockers are only on temporarily and will be removed when some original CBX ones I found are refurbished. The CBX ones will probably cost more than Ohlins for the bike by the time they are done.
Front calipers almost done.
Even at this stage there are surprises. This is the clutch lever pivot assembly off the bars, the 6mm pivot thread was knackered. I think sometime in the past the bolt had backed off and the action of the clutch lever had worn the threads off one side of the hole - you can still see the witness marks at about 2 o'clock above the helicoil. A drill jig was made to drill the rest of the threads out keeping the centre of the threaded hole concentric with the main pivot hole in the top of the assembly. Then a helicoil was modified and inserted into the larger thread, it is only three threads deep but I'm sure the repair is good. A new pivot bolt was sourced NOS from Poland.
Got front and rear bake master cylinder seal kits, new pads all round and new caliper seal kits, also put new pistons in while they were stripped down. These are some of the few things that are readily available, I think these were from Tourmax.
Some of the most primitive brakes there are..............
Rear caliper assembly in, the period "Hagon" shockers are only on temporarily and will be removed when some original CBX ones I found are refurbished. The CBX ones will probably cost more than Ohlins for the bike by the time they are done.
Front calipers almost done.
Even at this stage there are surprises. This is the clutch lever pivot assembly off the bars, the 6mm pivot thread was knackered. I think sometime in the past the bolt had backed off and the action of the clutch lever had worn the threads off one side of the hole - you can still see the witness marks at about 2 o'clock above the helicoil. A drill jig was made to drill the rest of the threads out keeping the centre of the threaded hole concentric with the main pivot hole in the top of the assembly. Then a helicoil was modified and inserted into the larger thread, it is only three threads deep but I'm sure the repair is good. A new pivot bolt was sourced NOS from Poland.