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Re: Stuck pad pin on rear brake
« Reply #15 on: July 04, 2019, 07:41:31 am »
Quote from: TomL on July 03, 2019, 11:09:40 pm
Quote from: Matt on July 03, 2019, 10:50:06 pm
Quote from: raesewell on July 03, 2019, 08:31:28 pm
https://www.shawstainless.co.uk/index.php/7

oh gosh, that is a good idea! It's such a pain in the behind normally! What are the OEM ones made from then?
Not very well plated steel.

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Re: Stuck pad pin on rear brake
« Reply #16 on: July 04, 2019, 09:10:41 pm »
And why not have a pin that can screw in and out ....like my VFR  >:(
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Re: Stuck pad pin on rear brake
« Reply #17 on: July 04, 2019, 09:12:37 pm »
Cost!
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Re: Stuck pad pin on rear brake
« Reply #18 on: July 04, 2019, 10:17:13 pm »
...amd seized threads are just as difficult to remove as a sliding pin, if not more so and if they shear you are well buggered but a drift pin can always be drifted out, eventually  :D
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Re: Stuck pad pin on rear brake
« Reply #19 on: July 05, 2019, 10:54:08 am »
Well...there is that but the pin had a cover on it too. Appropriate grease and you should be good
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