Categories: all aviation Building a Biplane bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater
I finally jacked up the sidecar, and pulled off the wheel. I've been needing to do this for months, since I discovered an axial crack near the hub in August or so. I've been putting it off, since I had absolutely no clue how to do it, and didn't really have the patience to sit down and figure it out.
So I finally went out and tried the method suggested by Aaron, the previous owner. Sure enough, it came right off, no problems at all. Well, that was easy!
I pulled the wheel off and set it aside. But, wait, what's that? There's some schmutz on the brake disc... Oh.
The brake caliper is leaking, or something. It's covered in grime, and I can only guess that it's brake fluid, since there's nothing else there to be producing oil. As far as I know, this brake caliper was last current in about 1969, so I can only imagine that finding a rebuild kit for it is going to be less than simple. Sigh Finding a replacement, even less possible. Putting on something different is conceivable, in that it's probably a task I could accomplish, but that's far from a cakewalk as well. On top of all that, I was only given a 50% chance of success at the wheel shop.
Maybe it's time to sell the Goldwing rig.
Posted at 20:05 permanent link category: /motorcycle
Categories: all aviation Building a Biplane bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater