fixing a rear brake pedal - SV650.org

17-01-07, 09:28 PM

can i just bend it back to shape or will it snap? whats the best way to do it?

17-01-07, 09:41 PM

I tried to bend mine and it snapped. Apparently if you heat the alloy it becomes more pliable. I'd wait until someone backs this up though. I now have a "bolt mod" on the pedal.

17-01-07, 09:57 PM

what you mean bolt mod?

17-01-07, 10:10 PM

I snapped the bit your foot touches clean off so drilled a hole in the remaining alloy and put a bolt through it. I keep meaning to buy a new pedal but the mods fine and easy to change if I drop the bike again.

17-01-07, 10:15 PM

oh you did the gear change pedal, yea i can see how the bolt would work but i cant do that with the brake pedal.

17-01-07, 10:16 PM

you been riding through a field?

17-01-07, 10:28 PM

Sorry mate my mistake. And yes I had been.

http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=49963

My brake pedals also snapped and I don't know whether to buy a new one or to got for the bolt mod.

Biker Biggles · 17-01-07, 10:38 PM

Had the bolt mod on my brake pedal for nearly two years now.I was going to get a new one,but I find I prefere it as it is.The rear brake pedal is now a bit shorter,and the bolt means there is a bit less pedal to step on,so there is less chance of overclubbing the rear brake.I don't use much rear brake anyway,and find this "mod"quite good.

18-01-07, 12:42 PM

If it's still (comfortably) useable as is and doesn't look horrendous, I'd leave it. If not, try bending it back- if it snaps you've not lost anything and you can always use the nut and bolt temporary fix. I managed to bend it back after the first time it got damaged (needed the help of a bodybuilding friend and my weight to hold the bike down, mind!) second time it hit the deck it snapped, so I did the nut and bold fix. Rode with that for about a year and it's fine- perfectly comfortable and if you do a tidy job of it (sand down edges, use several nuts on the bot, etc.) it doesn't look to bad, either.

I've since refitted a standard one, which actually took longer to get used to than using the snapped one had!

17-01-07, 09:28 PM	#1
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	fixing a rear brake pedal can i just bend it back to shape or will it snap? whats the best way to do it?

17-01-07, 10:38 PM	#8
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Had the bolt mod on my brake pedal for nearly two years now.I was going to get a new one,but I find I prefere it as it is.The rear brake pedal is now a bit shorter,and the bolt means there is a bit less pedal to step on,so there is less chance of overclubbing the rear brake.I don't use much rear brake anyway,and find this "mod"quite good. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

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17-01-07, 09:41 PM	#2
Heed Guest Posts: n/a	I tried to bend mine and it snapped. Apparently if you heat the alloy it becomes more pliable. I'd wait until someone backs this up though. I now have a "bolt mod" on the pedal.

17-01-07, 09:57 PM	#3
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	what you mean bolt mod?

17-01-07, 10:10 PM	#4
Heed Guest Posts: n/a	I snapped the bit your foot touches clean off so drilled a hole in the remaining alloy and put a bolt through it. I keep meaning to buy a new pedal but the mods fine and easy to change if I drop the bike again.

17-01-07, 10:15 PM	#5
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	oh you did the gear change pedal, yea i can see how the bolt would work but i cant do that with the brake pedal.

17-01-07, 10:16 PM	#6
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	you been riding through a field?

17-01-07, 10:28 PM	#7
Heed Guest Posts: n/a	Sorry mate my mistake. And yes I had been. http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=49963 My brake pedals also snapped and I don't know whether to buy a new one or to got for the bolt mod.

18-01-07, 12:42 PM	#9
Ceri JC Guest Posts: n/a	If it's still (comfortably) useable as is and doesn't look horrendous, I'd leave it. If not, try bending it back- if it snaps you've not lost anything and you can always use the nut and bolt temporary fix. I managed to bend it back after the first time it got damaged (needed the help of a bodybuilding friend and my weight to hold the bike down, mind!) second time it hit the deck it snapped, so I did the nut and bold fix. Rode with that for about a year and it's fine- perfectly comfortable and if you do a tidy job of it (sand down edges, use several nuts on the bot, etc.) it doesn't look to bad, either. I've since refitted a standard one, which actually took longer to get used to than using the snapped one had!