Front break upgrade ?

[BigM]

Got the '08 Orion 125 OX (yes, you'v already told me there no good)

After about a tank of riding, maybe abit more. The front breaks are gone..
Could be the lines or fluid or something, not to sure

Anyone know a decent set i could upgrade to?
As i mostly use me front brakes when riding.

Cheers.

 

[Kingers]

maybe try bleeding ya breaks and put some better fluid in them, i noticed mine improve when i changed the fluid over

 

[BigM]

Yea, i was thinkin bout doing that first.

but be good to have a decent set of stoppin gear behind me

instead of the crap china ones.

 

[liljohn_92]

well the same thing happend my shit heap of a china bike but it was my rear and the caliper seized sumhow ... i still dont have brakes

 

[BigM]

Well.
Mine hasnt seized, cos it slow be down a litte.
Just not alot.
I have to have the leaver completed pressed in for it to work at all.
And even then it still doesnt do much.

 

[liljohn_92]

well bleed your brakes and top up your master cylinder before you try bleeding them

 

[Fiddy@norway]

is there resistance in the lever when you grab it? if the pressure has dissappeared you should try and bleed the brakes using quality fluid.

but if there is good pressure and it still doesn't brake, you should take the caliper of and inspect the pads, the bracket that the caliper mounts to are sometimes a poor fit, making part of the pads not touching the disc at all, this will after some braking create a ridge on both pads that presses against each other instead of the disc.

 

[BigM]

nah
the leaver is pretty soft
seem'd to be a little stiffer today, then what it was yesterday
I'll just bleed them and see what happens.

are the breaks on these things usually alright?
in the long run.

 

[Fiddy@norway]

the caliper is bolted on by 2 bolts, it takes 2 minutes to take it off, inspect the pads and put it together again, I would do that before you start bleeding the brake.

 

[BigM]

sounds fair easy.
might go out and try it on the weekend.
Maybe i'll bleed them anyway, get the crap china fluid outa there and put some decent stuff in.