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Re: 1975 r/6 bike fell over broke a few things
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:42 am
by Major Softie
dwerbil wrote:A number of years ago my /7's rear brake pedal had a similar bit of slop in it. With not having a dealer or www handy at the time, I fashioned the unusually sized washer out of a coffee can plastic lid. Maybe I made two to take up the slack a bit better. It now allowed proper contact with the brake switch.
Years later, it still works fine.
Now all he has to do is find coffee still sold in a can....
Re: 1975 r/6 bike fell over broke a few things
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:40 am
by Rob Frankham
Rob Frankham wrote:AFAIK, all /6 machines have a bush for the rear brake lever. It may be seized in the frame bracket but it should be there. The bush should be slightly longer than the frame bracket so that it bolts up solid to the lever. The bush moves in the frame braket, not the bolt in the bush. The bolt should have a grease nipple (Zerk fitting?) in the hex end so you can grease the bush.
Rob
Time for humble pie... again. My memory has been playing tricks. The /6 does not have a bush. This was introduced around 1980. Apologies if I've misled anyone.
Rob
Re: 1975 r/6 bike fell over broke a few things
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:47 am
by ME 109
Rob Frankham wrote:]Time for humble pie... again. My memory has been playing tricks. The /6 does not have a bush. This was introduced around 1980. Apologies if I've misled anyone.
Rob
Please mail some of that pie to me Rob. About half should do it.
Re: 1975 r/6 bike fell over broke a few things
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:36 am
by Sunbeem
Probably irrelevant, as my bike is a 78 RS, but when I got it, the brake lever was very loose, it pivoted through a small length of tube, which had stretched, due to the meagre thickness of its wall.
I removed the tube, and replaced it with a more substantial piece, it was just not up to the job considering the forces it has to deal with.
So if you have a similar set-up, you may want to do this modification too ...
Sunbeem.