isitafox Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 My mono mini on my stock has suddenly decided to go crap, at least I think it has! It's the 180mm version (not sure if there's different ones or not) and up until recently it was working really well, but when I built my mod up about 2-3 months ago the stock lost favour with me, especially as I wanted to change all the front end before riding it again and since building it back up the brake is useless. It just has no stopping power whatsoever so I need some advice, do I; A) Bleed it and see how it goes after that Get a new rotor to use as the 180mm wavey disc I got off ebay for my mod is awesome although that is using a mono trial C) New pads (anyone know any good trials pads for a mono mini??) D) Sell it and get a mono trial off here or ebay as a replacement E) Buy a new mono trial caliper and use the lever off the mini Bearing in mind I'm a bit short of cash at the moment so I dont want to end up buying a new rotor and pads to find it's still terrible, and to be honest it could have been running this bad before but the mono trial on my mod is so good I may only just have realised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 My mono mini on my stock has suddenly decided to go crap, at least I think it has! It's the 180mm version (not sure if there's different ones or not) and up until recently it was working really well, but when I built my mod up about 2-3 months ago the stock lost favour with me, especially as I wanted to change all the front end before riding it again and since building it back up the brake is useless. It just has no stopping power whatsoever so I need some advice, do I; A) Bleed it and see how it goes after that Get a new rotor to use as the 180mm wavey disc I got off ebay for my mod is awesome although that is using a mono trial C) New pads (anyone know any good trials pads for a mono mini??) D) Sell it and get a mono trial off here or ebay as a replacement E) Buy a new mono trial caliper and use the lever off the mini Bearing in mind I'm a bit short of cash at the moment so I dont want to end up buying a new rotor and pads to find it's still terrible, and to be honest it could have been running this bad before but the mono trial on my mod is so good I may only just have realised! In order - Take the pads out and the rotor out and clean them/ burn them with meths until they're clean, then go drag your brake down a big hill until it works, a bit of mud in there can speed up the process I think. Bleed the brake New pads New rotor Sell it and get another one. Somewhere between decontaminating the pads and rotor and a fresh bleed it should start working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted August 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Will give that a try this week as got to free the pistons off on my mono trial as well! Would love just 1 week where 1 of my bikes worked perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSmokeyJoe Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Like Revolver said I reckon the problem is contamination with the pads/rotor. Will give that a try this week as got to free the pistons off on my mono trial as well! Would love just 1 week where 1 of my bikes worked perfectly! Welcome to my world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Burrows Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Mono minis are rubbish for trials, you probably just didn't notice until you started using the Mono trials brake on the other bike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_ruskin Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Mono minis are rubbish for trials +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted August 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Mono minis are rubbish for trials, you probably just didn't notice until you started using the Mono trials brake on the other bike! +1 to be honest it could have been running this bad before but the mono trial on my mod is so good I may only just have realised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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