Did I just ruin my cailper?

Today is not my day. I rode the bike home to find the rear turn signal was hanging off after I went to grab some brake pads at my local place. Guess the screw backed out while I was riding. I was peeved at that when I got off. Got my tools out to do brakes. I checked the service manual and guess I wasn't paying enough attention and pulled the rubber boot off the caliper that it floats on apparently. That was clearly not the pad holder pin. Am I hosed? Can this be reinstalled or am I going to have to get a new caliper? I am so cranked what a noob mistake. Pics to follow.

 

Sorry I don't have an answer, but we've all been there so don't beat yourself up.

I know your anxious to get it fixed, but take a quick break. Walk away. Have a beer. Maybe a smoke. Come back in a little bit and check again.

 

Thanks man! Ya I am kinda peaved lol. I usually have pretty good luck wrenching myself. But guess my luck ran out lol!

 

I might be wrong, bit unless you have messed with the hydraulics or broken a bolt off I don't think you could have done any serious harm.

 

No just that rubber boot that goes on that pin got pulled off. And I cant seem to figure out how to get it back on. The stud it goes over just is threaded but I cant remove it because caliper is still attached to bracket.

 

#1, relax (unless this is your only means of transportation, then panic - just kidding :lol:. If this really is your only means of transportation, take a break, and then watch the other replies here. )

#2, Get a shop manual for your bike. (In this case, I would start with the aftermarket one, since you should be able to get it quickly - maybe even electronically)
I have both the aftermarket, and the factory honda manual for my 07. The aftermarket manual sometimes gives some safe short cuts to get stuff done.
I have the factory manuals for every vehicle I own. I have assembly manuals for a couple of them. I have both the factory and aftermarket manuals for my bikes.

#3, Read the manuals.

While I can figure most things out without using a manual, I find that when I use them, they are invaluable time savers, and they can help you if you are stumped.



Good luck with the repair. :rockon:

 

Ya have both manuals. I had to take off caliper and take it to local motorcycle shop they fixed it for free! I am now trying to figure out how to bleed the brakes with my mityvac.

 

That's a good shop! :thumbsup: I'd send business their way if the are good, and they have good customer relations (a hard combo to find).

I have terrible luck with using a mityvac to bleed brakes. After using the mityvac to extract most of the air, I almost always end up manually bleeding them - hose from bleeder screw into a jar of fluid method - old school. If I was working on the linked system on the bike, or if I was working on autoxr more often, I would probably buy a pressure reverse bleeding system.

 

Bleeding the brakes on a non-linked braking system is not that difficult of a job, but an extra set of hands and/or a Mity-Vac is very helpful. The shop manual should have the bleeding procedure in it. I'll see if I can find the link to a "poor mans" speed bleeder, it might make it easier for you. If I find it I'll post it here as an edit.

Cheers

FOUND THE LINK, http://pstca.com/articles/bleed/balloon.htm#TheSolution

 

glad to hear the shop helped you out. That rubber boot just needs to be squished down and worked back into the hole in the caliper. then greased before fitting over the stud.

I'm a big fan of speed bleeders for a one man bleed job. I've got em on my clutch slave too. makes bleeding fast and easy with no special equipment.

 

I got her back together lol. Had to bleed brakes the old school way. Shes back up and running with EBC HH Pads !

 

Glad to hear it all worked out. Patience is a virtue, grasshopper!

Let us know if stoppies are easier to perform now.

 

Haha put about 200Mi on her this weekend and I like these pads. They do make a little noise when you use them though lol. I only got the HH cause thats all the local place had lol. But always nice to have plenty of stopping power on hand!