| Author | Message | ||
     Father |
I have a 95 S2. Rear brake pads used up in less than 500 miles. I believe rear caliper was dragging. It is a Brembo rear caliper. Rear rotor is toast. Going to disassemble and try to diagnose and reinstall rear caliper if it is serviceable and I can size and locate an o-ring. Ordered a rear rotor off of Ebay but it is a Nissin rotor. Two questions: Can a rear Nissin Rotor, advertised as 2002 and earlier, be used with a Brembo caliper? Are the rotors the same dimensions? If not, will a Nissin caliper from a later S3 be a bolt on replacement for my S2? | ||
| Father |
By the way, I read the other posts about rear calipers on S2's. Not trying to rehash what has already been discussed. What I could not find was if the rotors are universal. | ||
| S1owner |
Brembo is not rebuildable | ||
| 1313 |
I've had a Nissin rear rotor on my S2 - with the OE Brembo caliper and master - since 1998 or thereabouts. I do run aftermarket pads, FWIW. Just an off the cuff question- How old is the brake fluid/when was the last time it was changed? Just trying to start out with the simple stuff first... HTH, 1313 | ||
| Sportyeric |
Mixing DOT 3 and DOT 5 fluid could cause that. And be fixed (I THINK!!!) by flushing with alcohol. | ||
| Pash |
The 96-97 rear Brembo is rebuildable, maybe not with Buell parts, but with Brembo parts supplied by KTM it is... http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=3842&post=2475154#POST2475154 | ||
| Easy_rider |
Not really answering your question, but when diagnosing the caliper remember to consider the brake line. It may be collapsed, allowing flow to the caliper under pressure but not in the opposite direction. | ||
| 4speeder |
No idea if your problem is a flexible line problem, but I'll chime in and agree with Easy Rider that faulty flexible rubber lines seem to be a bigger problem today than they ever were. Back in the day flexible lines rarely failed on cars and trucks, but today it is very common. Like Easy Rider mentioned, the lines will allow normal braking, but when the pressure is released the fluid will not return to the master cylinder at the rate it should, causing the pads to drag on the rotors. I've seen many car brake rotors ruined, and calipers ruined by friction heat, because of bad flexible brake lines. I never thought that motorcycles might suffer the same malady, but maybe they do. |
