Brake dragging.

[BirdAddict]

Question for you Bus Driver - whats this?

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ME, ME...I know...Its the hump off one of those ugly bikes...the hari kari, no...the fukki ugly...oh yes the bus-a

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[Hoggy]

.............so, about these brakes binding, I think I have found the fault if anyones interested anymore........

[Captain]

Oh! go on then, I'll ask ,
What was the outcome with the brakes?

[Hoggy]

Well,
I did notice that when I put the pads in, they seemed a bit tight, so I decided to remove the calipers again and inspect them (all this about Blackbird brakes being difficult to bleed is B***ocks, as long as you do it in the correct sequence).

The tab on the pad sits in a seat in the caliper. This seat is protected with a thin steel clip. When I removed this clip, there was a lot of corrosion between it and the caliper seat. (You know, that white powdery stuff). This corrosion had fractionally pushed the clip out of its seat and made the pad bind on the pin, and stopped it backing off when the brake was released. (Does this make any sense to anybody else apart from me).
Yes. OK. I know I said I cleaned the calipers before, but I didn't think to remove this clip.

I think this could happen to any bike, even a "HIYOSILVER".

Hope this is of some use to someone else.

Hoggy

[bezzer]

got there in the end though

[numb bits]

Nice to know though, glad you did all the hard work though to find it out
you learn something new every day.Well done mate