350x + no brakes = not good

**SWIGIN** · 12-26-2010, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by 4cfed

we are smarter now than in the 80s.. im not gonna go into this crap today but re read it and think about it.. i own a trike and have owned many and NEVER touch alcohol and rode my trike.. or my quads for that matter

...................huh?

I'm agreeing with you that the OP is a dumb azz.

**scooterroo** · 12-26-2010, 05:29 PM

in the words of bill engvall .... "HERES YOUR SIGN!!!"

**jensenracing77** · 12-26-2010, 08:36 PM

a block off plate will not fix the problem. you need to replace the O ring that goes around the pin on the back side of the piston. you will have to take the piston out and replace it. you will have to do all three while you are there. all of the O rings will only run about $8.

**CanadianThomas** · 12-26-2010, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by scooterroo

in the words of bill engvall .... "HERES YOUR SIGN!!!"

Would have saved me asking for directions. lol.

**bcredneck** · 12-26-2010, 09:20 PM

i took the two bolts out pulled the plate off and used a two dollar coin and a o ring to cover the hole its not leaking but still not working. jensenracing77 is probably right.
and i dont normaly ever ride when im drunk but i just got it running the day before at least i didnt wreak the trike

**bcredneck** · 12-26-2010, 11:08 PM

i was just in the shop and i looked closely at the other side of the caliper and trying to fix it is a waste of time the calaper was modified to work with no pads and it wont be posible to install new ones the way the 2 little arms where welded after they wore out the disk will have to be repaced to

**4cfed** · 12-26-2010, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by bcredneck

i was just in the shop and i looked closely at the other side of the caliper and trying to fix it is a waste of time the calaper was modified to work with no pads and it wont be posible to install new ones the way the 2 little arms where welded after they wore out the disk will have to be repaced to

sooooo someone rigged it to use the piston of the caliper to do the stopping power?? wtf?? sounds like your 350x prev owner and my 20ox prev onwer were the same,.. mine had 400ex hubs welded to the axle, bent axle, shot carrier bearings, and swinger bearings were bad so long the races were smashed into the swinger

**CanadianThomas** · 12-27-2010, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by bcredneck

i was just in the shop and i looked closely at the other side of the caliper and trying to fix it is a waste of time the calaper was modified to work with no pads and it wont be posible to install new ones the way the 2 little arms where welded after they wore out the disk will have to be repaced to

Dude, PM me. I think I can/ have a caliper that might work.

**bcredneck** · 12-27-2010, 01:25 AM

the peson who did the brakes works at honda

**dcreel** · 12-27-2010, 01:25 AM

Got any pics?

**bcredneck** · 12-27-2010, 01:37 AM

maby tomorow ill take a pic

**Dirtcrasher** · 12-27-2010, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by jensenracing77

a block off plate will not fix the problem. you need to replace the O ring that goes around the pin on the back side of the piston. you will have to take the piston out and replace it. you will have to do all three while you are there. all of the O rings will only run about $8.

I am so glad SOMEONE said this. You probably have corrosion on the smaller shaft of the caliper piston and a chewed up o-ring.......

Water/snow and parking brakes don't take long to eat away at that shaft.

When you install the new block off plate, make sure the 2 mating surfaces are flat and I use 3bond on them to keep fluids out.

Time to rebuild the caliper......

**bcredneck** · 12-27-2010, 02:21 PM

its way to bad to rebuild im going to totaly replace the old brakes

**Jason125m** · 12-27-2010, 02:38 PM

man! drinking and driving a trike...

**dcreel** · 12-28-2010, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by 200XMichigan

Well I hate to be the guy who says it but this is about fixing trikes, not social problems. Some nights all I have is my trike. And well I'm real glad for everyone who has more than that in their life and their trike is a cute hobby. But someone driving a trike drunk has nothing to do with anything. It's about keeping trikes going, not the human race. We could all kill ourselves on anything we wanted to, trikes have nothing to do with drunk driving. But if someone chooses to drive a trike drunk then I hope they have fun. because sometimes that's all ya got.

This posting is about fixing a rear caliper, not the moral high ground.

The point I thought you would understand, being a 3 wheeler enthusiast is that 3 wheelers were outlawed, banned, because of just such actions. It was the minority driving drunk, no helmets, too small (skill level) for the size of the 3 wheeler. Now, in our current climate, the powers that be are looking for any reason to take away our land, and our rights to use 3 or 4 wheelers.

It's actions like drinking and driving 3 wheelers and atv's that give our enemies (yes, I said enemies) the ammo they need to talk stupid people (our government) into making stupid decisions (laws) that affect all of the members here negatively.

For you to condone someone drinking and driving a 3 wheeler is nothing short of ignorant in my opinion.

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