Originally Posted by
31sv
Not a poster, more a reader, but the time has come. I’m finally finishing up my 85’ 350X, it was in pieces for the last 20 yrs, I can now ride it around the yard! I’m running into issues with the front and rear brake calipers as well as the rear brake reservoir. Issues being:
I’m trying to rebuild the front caliper, but can’t get the slide pin to come out in order to replace the boot.
The rear caliper mounting set up…. I can’t find clear pics as to how it goes together, I do have an OE manual.
I went with the Empire exhaust, which is huge, working around multiple issues with that, but the reservoir mounts right above it. What is everyone doing with the hose to get it back to the master cylinder?
I know someone will comment, use the search button, which I have multiple times through out this rebuild, but only seeing the same threads which aren’t helping.
Any help?
Thanks in advance!
That Empire exhaust is over 600$, yet I read allot of guys having fitment issues with them. Get it all mounted up before you tighten any bolts, you can shove it around a little bit that way. Some guys have had issues with the midpipe hitting different parts of the trike.
If you have an 86 swingarm the rear caliper uses a mount to bolt onto the mounting plate with the large hole in it. That plate slides over your bearing carrier and the large circlip holds it on. The other end of that plate has a oval slot in it, that slips over a steel bushing that slips over the stud welded on your swingarm a few inches forwards from the carrier.
Gotta be very creative when getting calipers apart and make sure you support the body while you are ing on it or pressing something out.
I just tore down 10 of the worst brake calipers I've ever seen a couple days ago, looked like they had been in salt water for a few years.
I ended up sticking them in my milling machine and bored out most of the seized pins and bolts. Even the brake pad pins were seized inside the caliper body, they wouldn't turn.
If you rebuild it just crack the bleeder and put a grease gun on it and you can hydraulically remove the piston.
See if you save it, China brake parts don't have the quality OEM does.
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