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parking brake

VLADI

VLADI

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The Parking brake didn't work after the purchase. the season rolled back so that while there is time, I want to do it right. The former owner said that he disabled it so that the passenger could not push for the footrest. I disassembled the mechanism today and did not understand what, removed the cable, removed the traction, unscrewed the nut with a key for 30 ( metric system of measures), pull the traction and it turns out to be with the piston together, removed and the brake fluid flowed, put everything back. when turning the rod, the piston is pushed but the disk does not slow down, I do not understand what is missing there or broken. Who disassembled tell me how it should be. The caliper does not understand the spare parts catalogIMG_20201128_211958.jpg
 
Looks to me the arm that the cable connects to is not there. Maybe you took it off?
The best help I can give you is look up the Moscow Spider Club on Facebook. It is a huge club and a lot of the members do their own work. Good luck.
 
I took it all out. Outwardly, everything looked fine but does not work, the piston collapses and returns, but the disk does not slow down.
There is a forum spyder Russia there is almost no one there, sometimes for six months no one answers, these cars are very few in the Russian Federation.
 
VLADI said:
I took it all out. Outwardly, everything looked fine but does not work, the piston collapses and returns, but the disk does not slow down.
There is a forum spyder Russia there is almost no one there, sometimes for six months no one answers, these cars are very few in the Russian Federation.
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I read the other day that you are not suppose to push the rear caliper piston in. It is suppose to be turned to move it in. Maybe some one screwed it up pushing it in. Post #4 in this thread. https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums...placement&highlight=replacing+rear+brake+pads

Read up on adjusting the self adjusting parking brake.
 
Snoking1127 said:
I read the other day that you are not suppose to push the rear caliper piston in. It is suppose to be turned to move it in. Maybe some one screwed it up pushing it in. Post #4 in this thread. https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums...placement&highlight=replacing+rear+brake+pads

Read up on adjusting the self adjusting parking brake.
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( you can not push the rear caliper in, need to use a long needle nose pliers to reduce the piston. ) In the OP the lever that the parking brake cable attaches to is missing. Al in Kazoo

Thank you Snowbelt Spyder; I stand corrected. I previously had a 2014 RS.
 
Hello Vladi. Over the years, the manufacturer of your Spyder changed the design of the rear brake mechanism a few times. Your 2008 is the first design. You do not need to turn the piston as some have said here. You push it in as you have been doing.

So first - the parking brake is only mechanical. It does not use the fluid part of the brake mechanism. When the rider pushes on the parking brake pedal, that causes that cable in the back to pull in. There is a lever arm that the cable attaches to that you do not show on your picture. The cable pulls the lever arm forward. That rotates the shaft. The shaft rotating simply pushes the piston out against the brake pads which squeeze against the brake disk and apply the brake. When the parking brake is released, that spring in the back pulls the lever arm backwards. That pulls the piston back in a little and releases pressure on the disc.

The parking brake does not self adjust. If the parking brake does not get tight enough, you adjust the cable with the two adjusting nuts that hold the cable in the bracket, or you make a larger adjustment by taking the lever arm off and putting it in a different position so that the shaft rotates further. You just try it until you get it right.

Right now, we don't know the condition of your brake pads either, and we don't know if you have that lever arm because you don't show that in your picture. That might be how the owner disabled the system by removing that arm. Your brake pads might be worn and need replaced, also.

You probably did not need to remove that big nut and remove the piston. But, it should not be a problem as long as it has been put together correctly. Be sure to bleed that rear brake to get all of the air out after you are done with everything.

Maybe looking at this YouTube video will help you. It is about replacing the brake pads on your style of brake. It shows all of the parts you should have, including the arm, and how it all goes apart and back together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnKVCGc4cLw&feature=emb_logo
 
This is what I was looking for!!!! Thank you very much!!! I have everything in place there, I took everything before the photo. Now I understand the device of the rear caliper. The question in the manual is written there should be a small gap between the foot and the bump, but in the video it is very large. Maybe this is it?рычаг.jpg
 
Vladi

In your last post and picture your manual is showing a round plastic part that my '08 parking brake assembly does not have. I think maybe you are looking at a manual for a newer model, not an '08.
 
guys, I set everything up. Thank you all for your help, special thanks to snowbelt spyder for the video helped a lot. As a result, the former owner simply adjusted the brake so that even with the pedal pressed out, the piston did not touch the disc. everything is set up now works as it should, I'm happy as an elephant!
 
VLADI said:
guys, I set everything up. Thank you all for your help, special thanks to snowbelt spyder for the video helped a lot. As a result, the former owner simply adjusted the brake so that even with the pedal pressed out, the piston did not touch the disc. everything is set up now works as it should, I'm happy as an elephant!
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:clap::clap::yes: thanks for letting us know how worked out. :thumbup:
 
Freddy said:
I'm happy as an elephant! That's a novel concept. :cheers:
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I saw a vid of a young elephant that'd fallen into a well the other day & couldn't get out..... :rolleyes: . Now I am just guessing, but from what I could see, I'm pretty sure that he really wasn't very happy when he was stuck in that well!! :lecturef_smilie: I hope you are happier than that elephant VLADI?! :dontknow:









But just going back to the elephant for a bit - the vid went on for a while, and later on in the footage, after they'd brought in a crane & hoisted him out - you could see he was truly a changed Elephant, and I think everyone could tell that he was REALLY HAPPY then! :ohyea: :yes: :dg1: :dg2:
 
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This is an expression in the countries of the former USSR. The elephant is big and it means a lot of happiness, so in Russia they say happy as an elephant! Russian Russian is a very difficult language, we have a lot of metaphors and contradictory expressions that can not be explained to a foreigner even who has learned the language, we must think in Russian.

Looked in Adelaide now +14 Celsius (57 Fahrenheit) the season does not end in Australia probably never. And we have a -11 Celsius(12 Fahrenheit) have until April and I don't expect the Spyder to ride
 
VLADI said:
....... Looked in Adelaide now +14 Celsius (57 Fahrenheit) the season does not end in Australia probably never. And we have a -11 Celsius(12 Fahrenheit) have until April and I don't expect the Spyder to ride
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Yeah, we have the other end of that 'too cold to ride' problem VLADI - we've already had a couple of days over 45°C this summer, and it looks like we'll get quite a few more before it's over.... :rolleyes:


Anything over about 40-42°C is considered pretty warm here, so many choose not to ride because of the increased risk of dehydration &/or heat exhaustion.... but if it gets much hotter than that (& it DOES!) then the bitumen that is a major part of most of our paved roadways starts to get soggy & melts, and ryding in that makes for a helluva mess - all over the Spyder as well as chewing up the road surface &/or getting bogged in melting bitumen!! :yikes: Don't laugh, it happens! :sour:


But VLADI, you are pretty close to right about never ending our riding season - across most of Australia, we can & do ride all year round.... :ohyea: even if in some areas we hafta choose the right time to ride! ;) I'm already doing some 'earlier morning' rides, and I might even end up doing my riding in the wee hours, just to avoid too much heat. :thumbup:
 
Each country has its own characteristics)))) The animal world you have is peculiar I would not like to meet many animals))))австралия.jpgавстралия 2.jpgавстралия 3.jpg
 
There is all that.... then there's all the 'faster moving obstacles' like these:

https://images.app.goo.gl/Hy9H2pzJRcF1CKvZ9

But at least when there's that many along the roadside (or more!) you can see them & you just might get a chance to slow down.... but be warned, sounding your warning device often scatters them every which way - including in to your way! :rolleyes:

Aaaand then there's those that are just minding their own business, going somewhere miles away & travelling along thru the bush at about 70-ish kph (saaayy, 45 mph or so), covering over 6m/20 feet in a single bound, and you might not even see the 50 odd kg/110 pound Big Red until he lands on your frunk!! And when one of these big guys gets annoyed & turns aggro

https://images.app.goo.gl/WaZ5776agwppLUfj9

:yikes:

They can be almost as bad as the Drop Bears!
 
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