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From: Potage St. Germaine on 17 Mar 2007 17:35
On Mar 17, 9:04?am, chateau.murray.takethis...(a)dsl.pipex.com (The
Older Gentleman) wrote:
> Potage St. Germaine <flying_boo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> > The whole caliper is mounted on a rather long pivoting aluminum
> > casting and there is a mysterious crosswise bolt in that arm.
>
> That would be the main caliper mounting bolt.

I see two bolts in the diagram that appear to hold the caliper to the
pivoting arm and a single longer bolt with a spring on it.

What is the spring for?

From: The Older Gentleman on 17 Mar 2007 18:06
Potage St. Germaine <flying_booger(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Mar 17, 9:04?am, chateau.murray.takethis...(a)dsl.pipex.com (The
> Older Gentleman) wrote:
> > Potage St. Germaine <flying_boo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > The whole caliper is mounted on a rather long pivoting aluminum
> > > casting and there is a mysterious crosswise bolt in that arm.
> >
> > That would be the main caliper mounting bolt.
>
> I see two bolts in the diagram that appear to hold the caliper to the
> pivoting arm and a single longer bolt with a spring on it.

Ah. I was thinking you were referring to the larger bolt in the same
plane, that holds the caliper to the fork leg.
>
> What is the spring for?

You figure it. I've owned maybe 15-20 bikes with that caliper, and it
isn't hard to work out.


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From: The Older Gentleman on 18 Mar 2007 03:02
Potage St. Germaine <flying_booger(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> The spring seems to hold pressure on the caliper adjusting bolt to
> keep it tight.

Correct
>
> I never owned a Honda with disk brakes so I've never had to adjust the
> front caliper to keep it from squeaking and binding.
>
> I can't make out from the diagram on www.bikebandit.com exactly which
> two holes #11, the caliper adjusting boltgoes through, but I suppose
> the head of the bolt is going through the fork slider.

Attached to, via a lug
>
> The concensus of opinion on Honda forums is that you can ride a Honda
> for years without the caliper adjusting bolt.

Indeed.

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From: Potage St. Germaine on 18 Mar 2007 10:19
On Mar 17, 11:02?pm, chateau.murray.takethis...(a)dsl.pipex.com (The
Older Gentleman) wrote:
> Potage St. Germaine <flying_boo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> > I can't make out from the diagram onwww.bikebandit.comexactly which
> > two holes #11, the caliper adjusting boltgoes through, but I suppose
> > the head of the bolt is going through the fork slider.
>
> Attached to, via a lug

OK, now that we are both tuned to the same channel, doesn't it seem
likely that tightening the caliper adjustment nut several turns, and
then loosening it the same number of turns would force the piston back
enough so you can pull the live brake pad out of the caliper?

Maybe Honda didn't intend the caliper adjustment bolt to be used as a
poston compressor, maybe the guy that told me it could be used in that
manner was just a natural mechanical genius...


From: Potage St. Germaine on 18 Mar 2007 14:07
On Mar 18, 8:26?am, chateau.murray.takethis...(a)dsl.pipex.com (The
Older Gentleman) wrote:

> What this has shown is your ignorance. Well, no matter. There's nothing
> wrong in ignorance. I'm ignorant of many things. But I don't expound on
> them as though I'm well-versed, because that way lies ridicule.

Only from people who have nothing better to do with their time.

I have an idea. Let's agree that you enjoy disagreeing
for the sake of being disagreeable

Fair enough?

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