bike it levers

steppy78 · Mar 27, 2012

Bought a set of bike it brake and clutch levers in black off ebay, fitted the weekend looked great compared to silver corroded originals.
Used bike for work today and front brakes kept sticking on, luckily had adjustable under seat so cracked off banjo to release fluid pressure to get me going again. Got home and guess what chucked old one's in the bin!!! (which got emptied monday)
Now not able to ride bike untill i get a new set of good quality named levers when i can afford it and miss all this lovely weather!!!:angry

Deacs1 · Mar 27, 2012

chap - firstly ................... why throw the oem's away?!? could have used them as spares if you broke one fitted currently!! anyways ........... (yep I'm a hoarder

) ............. the plunger that goes into the mastercylinder is adjustable so turn it in a little and that should fix your problem :thumbup

a15cro · Mar 27, 2012

Check that the plunger pin is seated correctly. I had the same problem so stripped lever off, reseated pin and its been no problem since.

BB1000 · Mar 27, 2012

what they said.

steppy78 · Mar 29, 2012

only the pin on clutch lever is adjustable and i've had them off 3 times, still no different.

Tifa1 · Mar 29, 2012

It's a fairly simple fix. You just need to make sure there is sufficient play between the plunger rod on the lever and the plunger socket on the master cylinder. It just needs screwing in a turn or so.
The reason yours locked up is down to insufficient clearance, the brakes then bind/drag generating heat. This causes the fluid to expand, causing the lockup.

BB1000 · Mar 29, 2012

what he said

steppy78 · Mar 29, 2012

there's no adjustment

Deacs1 · Mar 30, 2012

ok, probably best to just go back to standard then :roll

Leepants · Mar 30, 2012

Cheapy levers = misery and danger, sadly. I had experience on another bike.

nikfubar1 · Mar 30, 2012

Alot of the cheap ones are crap & dangerous

But these ones arn't http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clutch-Br...06?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item4155691dca

Ive got these fitted to both my bikes, had them on the ape for 2 years now, they were a perfect fit, really well made, look great & no problems what so ever :thumbup

steppy78 · Apr 4, 2012

pazzo lever bought and fitted problem sorted

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