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How to change your brake pads NEW
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Brake Pad Change 2005 Yamaha R1 Motorcycle
Brake pad change on my 2005 Yamaha R1 Motorcycle
How to Change Brake Pads
Brakes are the single most vital part of you vehicle, hands down. It is critical for your own and everyone else’s personal safety to make sure your brakes work properly. You shouldn’t be frightened to change your own brakes, but you should be confident with your skills. If you don’t know the difference between a Phillips head and a flat head screw driver, you should bring your car to a mechanic.
Preparation tips:
Take plenty of time to familiarize yourself with the brakes before you start working on your car. Also work on one side at a time. This way, if you mess up you can reference the other side.
Obviously you will buy the pads before you start. But which ones will you buy? Cheap, generic pads wear out quickly and even though you may be spending less money now, you will ultimately be spending more money and time in the long run. More expensive pads are less prone to leaving your front wheels covered in unsightly black dust.
Changing the Pads:
1. Engage the parking brake place something behind the rear tires so that the car cannot go.
5. Now you can see the brake calipers holding the brake pads in place against the rotor. There are two pads per wheel that squeeze the rotor. Use a C-clamp to compress the caliper piston into the caliper housing. This will make it possible to remove the caliper assembly and make enough space for the increased pad width of the new brake pads.
6. Unbolt the caliper mounting bolts and pull the caliper back from the rotor. Be careful not to bend or break the brake hose. Sometimes the caliper mounting bolts require you to use a torx or star bit instead of a normal socket. Plot ahead and make sure you have the right tools for the job to save yourself a trip back to the parts store before your brakes are disassembled.
11. If everything is right, you may place the wheel back on, hand tighten the lug nuts, and lower the car to the ground. End tightening the lug nuts in a star pattern so that they are even.
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