My Sidewinder off-road buggy build *VIDEO ADDED*

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Divided he ad:
In a word..... Sweeeeeet! :thumbup:

Welcome back.... We missed the many pic's from this one :(

Brake expert.... What's the gig? Could help a fair bit over the web with the right pic's etc, but if you got it covered I'll settle for the test pilots video :ddb:

Good job that man :dremel:

Ralph.

zeusrekning:
Awesome work Andrew!!!

Are you you using the front caliper off the bike? I had very poor brakes and worried that the caliper wouldn't be enough. I put new pads on and re-bled. Now they work fine.
Tim

jones:
Cheers everyone, I think I've found the solution to the brakes problem.

The master cylinder is tiny, from the rear brake of the bike, and the new brake line is all flexible hose which can expand ever so slightly. This results in almost no brakes. I'm going to try putting a larger car cylinder on the pedal and that should solve the problem.

Zeus, I'm using the rear brakes. I've tried bleeding them so much but it doesn't make a difference, AFAIK all the air bubbles are gone. I'll get the new cylinder on monday and I'm fairly certain that will fix it. The caliper had pretty much new pads on it when I got it.

Thanks for the comments everyone,

Andrew

Divided he ad:

--- Quote ---AFAIK all the air bubbles are gone
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Reminds me of a little, slightly embarrassing memory......

A long time ago... (well, over 10 years) I once spent damn near a whole day trying to figure out why I couldn't get "a pedal" on a Peugeot 405 after replacing the brake master cylinder.

I had bled it the best part of 20 times and couldn't get the brakes to work.:bang:

Thinking of all sorts of crazy things :scratch: I lost sight of what I was trying to achieve with the bleeding and the golden rule..... Air bubbles rise in liquid!

The eventual epiphany lead me to Bleed the brakes with the rear calipers pivoted on the top bolt, turned up in the air with a block of wood where the discs and pads should be to prevent the piston from coming out.... Why :scratch: Because the bloody bleed nipples were on the bottom of the calipers :doh:

Hope all goes well :thumbup: Waiting on the "stunt" videos :ddb:

Ralph.

Stilldrillin:

--- Quote from: Divided he ad on January 09, 2010, 08:41:30 PM ---
Because the bloody bleed nipples were on the bottom of the calipers :doh:

Ralph.

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Ralph,

That`s a reminder of a late night/ early morning session on a Reliant, sidevalve van.

Perrishin` cold snow outside, (& inside!)...... Me underneath..... Herself working the pedal.......

We were getting married next day! ::)

And we`re still married.... To each other! :thumbup:

David D

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