Date: 02-11-25  Time: 13:37 pm

Author Topic: Always worth checking your brake pads on a new purchase  (Read 811 times)

gerkin

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Always worth checking your brake pads on a new purchase
« 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

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Re: Always worth checking your brake pads on a new purchase
« Reply #1 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