Bike Brake

[doink]

I was supplied with the wrong brake pads but did not know and tried to fit them. I took a screwdriver to lever the pistons apart in the caliper to accomodate the width of these pads but suddenly brake fluid all over the rear wheel and I have no pressure at all in the system. What have I done?

[Toureman]

How do we know? we do not know what sort of bike!

[tomtech]

you probably levered one piston back, which forced the other piston out of the caliper completely. if that is the case youve got to try and get the piston back in carefully fit the correct pads and bleed the air from the system. i cannot understand why some people tackle these jobs when they havnt got a clue . brakes, funnily enough, are really important and can be the deciding factor between living or dying.

[qapmoc]

tomtec, it probably comes from the fact that most of the technology you have these days in your environment (house/work etc..) thinks for you and makes sure that you cant do anything which the system was not designed to do or anything dangerous.

Most people seem to assume that you can behave this way with everything you touch and no wrong can come of not understanding what you are doing.

[doink]

It's a project bike not in current use and if you don't try these things you'll never learn will you? didn't expect to be defending myself here. tomtec you answered my question albeit with condescension, qapmoc, what a c1u2n3t

[markja]

doink,
give the whole lot to someone who knows what they are doing and look on the experience as an expensive lesson.don't play with things that can kill you!

[markja]

doink,
sorry mate your reply to what you're useing the bike for appeared while i was typing my reply. still valid point though, get someone who knows to teach you, don't try to self learn with these things.

[qapmoc]

Hi doink, seems to me that I did not talk to you anyway I was answering tomtech when he asked why people touch things which they don't understand, and my point is valid in that respect. However if you want to take it personally then feel free but please mind your language, this is supposed to be a family site not just for babies like you.