You don't see many of these about.

Cable opperated disc brake, 1977 Kawasaki KZ200.

 

how does that work wiz? the cable attached to a lever that turned a coarse threaded screw or somethin?

 

I'm still trying to work it out Schooter, it's an enigma.

 

if it is like 80's lightweight Hondas, it will have a ratchet so as the pads wear the ratchet will take up the slack.

 

My kid's minibike has one. In it, there is a lever that rotates a "cammed" surface that presses on a couple of plungers that press on the pad. Each side of the "cam" pushes its own plunger.

 

No cams & plugers, Fitz, but we do have 3 ball bearings??

 

I've seen 3 ball bearings in cable operated clutch actuators. On those the balls go into ramped slots. As the cage rotates the balls expand the assembly. Might be something similar in your caliper.

 

You get the cigar, Carl.

 

That's exactly the way my 85 HD clutch works

 

I had a KZ200 ~18 years ago. I rebuilt the brake too. Nothing to it. I also had a Honda CB200, which are about the only two bikes that ever came with a mechanical front disk brake like that. (Oh, the Honda CB125 had it too for a few years...)

Kewl.

Kirk

 

I put it all back together, it works as Carl said, it doesn't have a great deal of 'throw', just a couple of mil, must be enough I guess.

 

I wish he'd have placed all those antique bits away from the coupons so I could see the prices of the fruits on sale.

If you want to have some fun with somebody, ... the next time you see a Pile of Bits like that Mechanical Caliper all laid-out ... find and old Spring you saved from a Brake Wheel Cylinder and drop it in with the rest of the Parts.

You have more fun watching everybody try to figure-out just where that spring goes than you will trying to figure-out how to solve this puzzle.

(Don't click on this link unless you have at least 2 Hours to figure-out what the SIX opening moves out of the necessary 84 it takes to solve the puzzle.)

http://www.puzzleworld.org/slidingblock ... quzzle.htm

Don't say I didn't warn you.

 

Rick you bastard. Can't....stop....puzzle....

 

That puzzle made me feel like a dumb shit....lol

 

here, i figured it out and got it for you :roll:

1: A down
2: 1 left-left
3: 2 up
4: 3 up
5: 6 up-left
6: 3 down-down
7: 2 right
8: 6 up-up
9: A right
10: 4 up-up
11: 5 left
12: 7 left
13: 8 left-up
14: 7 right-right
15: 5 down
16: 8 left-left
17: A down
18: 6 down-left
19: 2 left
20: 3 up-up
21: A right
22: 8 right-up
23: 5 up
24: 7 left-left
25: A down
26: 8 right-right
27: 2 down
28: 1 right
29: 4 up
30: 6 down-left
31: 2 left
32: 8 left-up
33: 3 down
34: 1 right
35: 2 up
36: 6 right-right
37: 2 down
38: 4 down
39: 1 left-left
40: 3 up
41: 8 up
42: 6 up
43: A up
44: 7 right-right
45: 5 down
46: 2 down
47: 6 left
48: 8 down
49: 1 right
50: 4 up
51: 2 left
52: A left
53: 3 down-down
54: 8 right
55: 6 right
56: 1 right
57: 4 right
58: 2 up-up
59: A left
60: 6 down-down
61: 8 left
62: 3 up
63: 6 right
64: A right
65: 2 down-down
66: 4 left
67: 8 left-up
68: A up
69: 6 left-left
70: 7 up
71: 5 right-right
72: 6 down-left
73: 5 left
74: 7 left
75: 3 down-down
76: A right
77: 8 down-down
78: 4 right
79: 2 up-up
80: 8 left-down
81: 2 down
82: 4 down
83: 1 left-left
84: A up

 

Glad to see all that study time is going to good use schooter