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Started by hyphen, March 02, 2009, 09:29:27 AM

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Howie

#15
March 19, 2009, 01:13:33 PM
Quote from: yoreese on March 19, 2009, 07:57:58 AM
Not to thread jack but, I just replaced my rear pads on my M750 with Galfers.  Do you need to use locktite?  I did torque to correct spec.  Thanks, Maurice.

Grease, not Loctite.

yoreese

#16
March 19, 2009, 04:20:58 PM
I greased the pad retaining pin, didn't know if the caliper retaining bolts needed locktite to keep them from coming loose?
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J.P.

#17
March 20, 2009, 12:34:55 PM
Calls for grease.
But I lost one on my last ride! Luckily the rear wasn't working at the time, noticed it when I went to bleed. Prob gonna safety wire them together like I did to the last bikes.
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RBX QB

#18
March 20, 2009, 01:10:55 PM
So, the S2R800 is notorious for sub-par rear brakes? Dealer replaced my rear pads at 12k, and they haven't worked since. Thought it was oil on the pads for a while.

Has anybody had better luck with aftermarket hardware in the back? I really miss not having a real brake back there. I too live in a somewhat hilly city.

Speeddog

#19
March 20, 2009, 01:42:13 PM
They can work well.

The layout of the master, hose and caliper is prone to trapping air.

Aftermarket pads can improve the braking.
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Howie

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March 20, 2009, 10:09:41 PM
Quote from: RBX QB on March 20, 2009, 01:10:55 PM
So, the S2R800 is notorious for sub-par rear brakes? Dealer replaced my rear pads at 12k, and they haven't worked since. Thought it was oil on the pads for a while.

Has anybody had better luck with aftermarket hardware in the back? I really miss not having a real brake back there. I too live in a somewhat hilly city.


Probably a little late now, but you should have went back to the dealer if the brake was functioning until they worked on it.  You might try going back anyway.  If you give us the symptoms we could probably help. 

RBX QB

#21
March 21, 2009, 05:36:42 PM
At this point, I have a complete lack of trust in the dealer who did the work, on a couple different issues. I'll try the bleeding method outlined here and see if that takes care of it... when its raining, that is.

Duck-Stew

#22
March 21, 2009, 05:52:09 PM
+1 to everything SpeedDog posted.  He beat me to it....again.  [thumbsup]
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CairnsDuc

#23
March 21, 2009, 06:20:50 PM
My S2R 800 is 15 months old and I hated the rear brakes from day one, I changed the rear pads to Ferodo Platinum's and they are much better. Still not very impressive though.
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