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Brakes broken
The latest update, I took the rear caliper off on Friday to discover 1. the pads were almost worn out and 2. one of the two posts which guide the pads and keep them aligned was totally seized in the caliper body. It took a hammer and a cold chisel to free it and some quite serious de-gumming and sanding to free everything up again. Definitely calls for some copperslip or similar when it all goes together again.
The jammed shaft explains the progressive drag issue, as soon as the pads heated up the solid shaft made everything worse instead of letting the pads move out they were held against the disk gradually getting hotter and hotter.
Good news, the local Honda agent was able to order me new pads without any hassles. evidently the same calipers are used on a whole range of their bikes.
More info when it's all back together and working properly.
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