| Author | Message | ||
     Chgolf13 |
I recently took off my rear brake on my xb12s to put on new brake pads and I noticed that only one brake pad on the brake had been worn whereas the other still looks like new......I was told to bleed my brake out and am not sure how to......any suggestions? thanks. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
bleed out like take all of the fluid out to put new fluid or just bleed like to get all of the air bubbles out of your lines? | ||
| Greg_e |
Or that the pins where the pads slide are in need of replacement, or a bad (stuck) piston) All of the above is pretty cheap to fix. As far as bleeding the brakes go, there is a small fitting on the top of the caliper. You open that a quarter or half turn. Attach a hose going to a collection bottle. Start pumping the lever. Keep the reservoir filled so that you don't create and air bubble in the line. Pump slowly until you get nice clean fluid out of the hose. Tighten the fitting and remove the hose. | ||
| Yamafreak |
Just flip the pads and all we be well.  | ||
| Nillaice |
+1 on stuck pis. remove the caqliper and grease/lube the pins+sleeves the pads are non-filp able. iv'e flipped pads on cars/trucks to reduce glazing and/or un-even pad wear, but these kind are uni-directional | ||
| Yamafreak |
You are right,I was thinking of the front pads | ||
| Akbuell |
Just finished doing that on my X-1. The caliper 'moves' in and out on the front mounting bolt, which had corroded in place on my bike. Cleaned up the bolt,lubed it, and went riding. After installing the new pads. | ||
| Chgolf13 |
o.k. i successfully bled the brakes but now I can't fit my new pads onto the brake because my brake will not decompress. How can I relieve pressure so that the cylinder will decompress?? thanks!! | ||
| Greg_e |
If you can not squeeze the pads to compress the cylinders, then there is a problem. I usually just press the piston with my thumbs and they slowly go back in, if not then either the piston is stuck or there is a problem with the master cylinder. And no I am not the incredible hulk, the pistons should moved relatively easily. |
