Thread: JayBoRovers 101

Hey Stuee. I keep thinking about you every time I walk into the shed and see the brake bleeder sitting there. I need to get back to that little job but I sold the Dakar Rally bike so have to clean it up, put it back together (looks better with an engine in it), crate it and send it away.

I got the 101 rear brakes so there's no air coming out but still braking is a 2-pump of the brake pedal affair. I found the vacuum bleeder was sucking a lot of air through the bleed nipple threads so went back to manual bleeding. I'm pretty sure the rear brakes are bled well so want to go back to the front again. I'll confirm that with a clamp on the rear hose first though.

I'll give you a ring some time and see about getting your pressure bleeder back to you. (I'm normally pretty good with returning borrowed stuff so I'm a bit embarrassed at still having it).

No stress on getting it back yet mate. I don't need it any time soon so if you think you need it more then you can hold onto it.

John, take the bleed nipple out and give the thread a nice coat of copper grease, stops the air sucking past and stops it rusting in too.

Clamp all of your flex hoses off and try the pedal.. It should go solid. If it still allows for two pumps then the prob is in and around the master cyl or load bias valve.. If you have a solid pedal, remove one clamp at a time and gauge where most of the travel is.. Pays to have all the wheels off the ground too and make sure that all the adjusters are holding the shoes tight to the drums.. If one adjuster is not working, or a brake shoe is in backwards so that the pin is not working on the cam, then one shoe can cause two pumps! Good luck.

So I bought an Ordinance Trailer (thanks to Mick_Marsh and bacicat).

Now all I have to do is unite it with my 101 - they're about 3,500km apart at the moment.
Really looking forward to seeing it one day.

Congratulations on an astute purchase, John.

What are your intentions with it? Are you going to be a rivet counter or change it around to suit your needs?

Thanks heaps for pointing it out to me on eBay. I was watching occasionally but hadn't seen this one yet at the time you pointed it out - you were on to it pretty smartly. As you know, I had been keeping an eye out for a fair while.
My intention is to tidy it up and make it legal and reliable. No major changes, but not rivet counter proof either. I used to have a 6x4 trailer on Toymota split rims and just used it around my block to gather firewood and clear leaves and fallen limbs. I'd deliver the firewood to my elderly neighbour, as my wife didn't like the fireplace we had so it got ripped out. Very occasionally I used it to cart my dirt bike but 6' is just too short, even with the bike loaded diagonally. So the ordinance trailer will do similar duties behind the 101 as well as cart my dirt bike to the odd enduro but loaded straight, seeing as I have likely sold my enclosed trailer. Mainly it's to look cool behind the 101. It should be superb for that job.

Yes, it will do that job very nicely. I was certainly one of the best trailers there, and only needs minor work. I was a very good buy.