Sticky Back Brake

Last night i wheeled my bike out and i think the rear brake was a little bit stuck on.
I think i need to change the pads and give the caliper a good clean and grease.

Is there a good rear caliper how to anywhere?

Do i need to remove the wheel?

Cheers

Keep the wheel in, just unbolt the caliper and the torque bar (from the calliper).

This How-To looks good-
http://www.bluepoof.com/motorcycles/...ar_brake_pads/

but the pads in the picture don't look anything like these ones i just purchased-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ayphotohosting

ideas?


ahh, the bike in the how-to is a 2001, although the pads i bought are supposed to fit a 1999 - 2002

[yorkie_chris]

I don't like the bluepoof website. Forcing pistons back in with pipe grips or whatever is bad m'kay. Take caliper off, if you're not going to remove the pistons entirely to do the job properly then at the very least pump them out a short distance, thoroughly clean them and use a little rubber grease on them. Chances are it'll need to be split due to dust seal being squeezed by corrosion. If pistons are corroded and covered in filth and you just ram them in with 3 million N of force then it'll jsut shred the fluid seal.

Also Mr Poof... why do you need the caliper on the disc before you fit the pads???

They are front pads in the pic on ebay. But an 01 bike is actually somewhere in between 99-02

Originally Posted by branny

but the pads in the picture don't look anything like these ones i just purchased-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ayphotohosting

The picture of the ones on Ebay are not SV rear pads, don't panic though as the image I suspect is just for show anyway.

Originally Posted by branny

ahh, the bike in the how-to is a 2001, although the pads i bought are supposed to fit a 1999 - 2002

Same caliper from 1999-2002.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Take caliper off, if you're not going to remove the pistons entirely to do the job properly then at the very least pump them out a short distance, thoroughly clean them and use a little rubber grease on them.

A little too much grease but you get the idea...

[yorkie_chris]

That's the one. too much grease outside of the seals doesn't bother me ... gives a nice layer for the crap to get stuck to instead of getting into places it would be harmfull.

Really should get some of them piston pliers.

P.s bluepoof ... "remove the clips and the pins will slide out" No they fecking won't!!

^thanks guys. I will have a good look at it when i get chance. I would still like some sort of a how-to to read beforehand, i remember there being some sort of online haynes manual type website.... does anybody have the link?

[yorkie_chris]

Haynes is a classic for telling you to remove stuff whuich is guaranteed to be siezed solid. How many miles on bike? In the wet? winter? Where kept?

If it's seen a lot of wet, the pins will probably be siezed. Easiest way to remove then is to split the caliper.

The bike has done 25k.
I have had it for 10K and never serviced the rear brake. (3 years)

It has been garaged for the last 2 years although i do ride through the elements.

A short step by step guide would be handy, with any special tooling noted