front brake pin ruber thingy me bob

[peanutsracing1]

Ok, this bike has really started of bad for me but its my fist two stroke and my first gg, which even with all its problems i am loving, swaped a yzf for it but thats a nother story.

front brake has a part missing, a black rubber insert that goes over the top of a pin in the calipper, iv forced in a peace of round plastice to stop metal to metal, iv noticed the front locks up quite easy, could this be why?

 

[peanutsracing1]

how do i put pics in the text box? then i can put a technical drawing in of the part i mean.
But it is the only rubbe bit on there i think, it is not the bleed nippel and has nothing to do with the pads, it is on the caliper and goes were the pin slides in when bolted to the fork

 

[gasgasman]

To post a pic.....right click on picture, cut and past the properties.
Click on the icon above with the mountains and moon. Past the properties into the link.

I think you're talking about the dust boot on the caliper slide bolt. #11?

 

[peanutsracing1]

talking about number 10 in the pic,

cheers for the help with pic.

 

[gasgasman]

You're welcome.

#9 -slide pin. Slides inside of #10.
If there's no free movement, the caliper will bind and keep the brake up against the rotor.

 

[peanutsracing1]

ah yes, this explains why the front keeps losing traction on hard braking, thought it might just be me not being used to the different brakes it being new to me.
iv orderd a new one from gg uk but they did tell me i had to order a hole caliper so i looked into it and it is the same as the rear which you can get on its own, now i can drive harder into the corners

Thanks for all your help.

 

[peanutsracing1]

Ok iv got the bit i need but cant see a way of getting the caliper apart to get it in, iv got the caliper of the forks but cant see any bolts to undo so s i can slide the pin out and put the ruber boot in.

 

[peanutsracing1]

in the pic, if i undo number 8 then i can put number 10 on?

 

[cbutler]

The caliper will just pull from the bracket leaving one pin on the bracket and one on the caliper.

 

[peanutsracing1]

Thank you for all the help, i went out for a ride last week end, it was very muddy but the front brake felt grate, i had more feel was able to pull it harder and was not locking up, GRATE.

so if anyone els is reading this thred i can say that it is very important and will make a very big difference to your riding, if its missing then replace it.
Best ?0.90 iv spent.

cheers again for the help.