1985 Rear Brake caliper, and break stay help

[bullyinflorida]

Hello everyone,

1st post and a huge fan of the site and Honda trikes!!!!

I traded for a 350X with engine in the frame as you could say a "roller" but allot of parts, bolts and the brake systems that were stripped off to paint the bike came in a handy to carry 5 gallon bucket of mess.

My issue and reason for the post is the rear brake stay bracket and the two bolts that go threw the bracket are about a 1/2 inch of from center on the bolts when attempting to bolt it up.

I have the Honda shop manual, understand the 85-86 rear brake difference, bought a different caliper, and brake stay and still am off from being able to mount this.

Since the brake stay from the bucket and a different one I purchased are the same I am thinking that who ever rebuilt the rear axle may have, could have put a different rear axle bracket on? else it just does not fit and I would have to drill the brake stay bracket about a 1/2 a drill bit out, and i do not want to rig it since I am trying to make it a restored trail king.

I can take and post pics or email people to explain what the heck I am talking about but hope someone else has figured out this issue and can help me out.



email is Bullyinflorida@yahoo.com and I again can try to post or email pics or a video of what I am having an issue with

Thnx

[bullyinflorida]

bump for admin allowing my video to appear that I posted showing what my issue is

[bullyinflorida]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265H3...ature=youtu.be


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7bbh...ature=youtu.be

[bullyinflorida]

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[Flossyb20]

Try to get a picture up...it's hard to tell what year components you have from your discription...but you are right in that the 86 and 85 components are not interchangable (however, the calipers can be swapped)...meaning if you have an 86 rear bracket (the part held on the bearing carrier with a c-clip), then you must use the 86 rear stay (the part that bolts to the rear bracket and the caliper bracket) - with a picture, we could tell easily

[bullyinflorida]

thnx for taking the time to respond...I will get some still pics for us

[bullyinflorida]

here are the pics, 180454180455180456

[bullyinflorida]

If I had to guess at this I would assume that one or the other is an 1985 and the other a 1986?? I researched bought and paid for 1985 parts however in seeing that most parts for these 2 years are interchangeable maybe the seller didnt know either. ......(HELP).....

[wonderboy]

Yea, you've got mixed up 85 and 86 parts there. On the 350x, the method for restraining the rear caliper was totally different between years. It looks to me that the bracket bolted onto your caliper is the 85 version, but the other part (pictures 2 and 3) is the stay from an 86.

The key is to know which swingarm you have, because this will dictate the rest of the parts you need to use. The 85 and 86 swingarms were different, and the rear caliper retention is the major reason why.

The 85 (what I have) has a post coming out of the side of the swingarm that the linkage rod bolts to. The other end of this rod connects to the hole in the end of the bracket that is bolted to your caliper.

I think all you need (assuming your swingarm is in-fact an 85) is part #2 from this parts list: http://cyclepartsnation.com/oemparts/a/hon/506baa1cf870023420a21275/swingarm

It is the 85 equivalent of the 86 year part shown in your pictures.

[Flossyb20]

Yep...what he said...if you got us a pic of your swingarm, we could tell you what year you have there as well...

[bullyinflorida]

will post pics of the swing arm, thanks guys...

[bullyinflorida]

so as for the link, I would need part #2...the one that is not available for purchase as my luck has it lol......

[bullyinflorida]

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[bullyinflorida]

so 4 pics of the swing arm and 1 very fine pic of my new wrapped seat with cushion...figured I had to add 1 happy photo to the group

again thanx for taking the time to help me out

[bullyinflorida]

180674 so I bought an ugly trike that is running and has good brakes front and rear....one way to solve the problem

[Flossyb20]

You have an 86 rear swinger there, which is why the stay fits...now all you need is the 86 bracket.... you also have the correct rear axle and sprocket set-up for the 86...so unless that parts bike is complete or an 86, i'd be careful swapping rear end parts.

[bullyinflorida]

So I need the 1986 bracket that the caliper bolts on to? basically the bracket is smaller since it does not need to have a torsion bar attachment hole on the end? would the bracket in the 2 following pics solve my problem??180713180714