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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: gerkin on 16 December 2018, 05:48:10 pm

Title: Always worth checking your brake pads on a new purchase
Post by: gerkin on 16 December 2018, 05:48:10 pm

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Pad material has come away from back plate
Would explain the sticking rear caliper
Outside piston free inside one appears seized
New seals at least ,that's if I can get the pistons out

Title: Re: Always worth checking your brake pads on a new purchase
Post by: His Dudeness on 16 December 2018, 10:09:38 pm

I think that happens when the bike is parked for a good while and water gets behind the pad material rusts the metal part of the pad