21-07-14, 02:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-07-14, 02:52 PM by lew600fazer.)
I posted last week that I had a problem with my right side ffront Caliper photo attached. I thought I would check out the left side and the rear as well. All fecking slack been riding a death trap. Not happy I had new front pads fitted in April that garage is going to get a rocket.
I am better at maintaining rather large marine engines than FZ1's I have attached several pic's of the rear caliper as well.
I assume there is only 1 securing bolt for the rear caliper?? In the pics I am pointing at 2 bolts , top one by the bleed nipple is the securing bolt for the caliper? yes? and the other one seems to have a rubber type boot/ Is that a balancing valve for the rear ABS??? and really no need to touch this?
The top one by the bleed nipple was backed off about 4 turns, am I correct to assume that this should should tight/ I have tightened it up hard. Again I have checked the caliper assume there should be a certain amount of float/movement if you grip it and twist back and forth.
Any advice apprecated. I am going to get the bike to a dealers and get the thing checked over, not a lot of confidence in the thing now. Not good to find out the brakes are falling off the fecking thing when two days ago I had her batting along flatout.
What is really pissing me off is I had this bike serviced and MOT'd by Marriotts of Birkenhead the day before I rode her all the way down to Spain. I will be dropping them an email, makes you laugh though this bike just passed the Spanish version of the MOT last week after I had fitted a new EU headlight. All MOT's would appear to be a waste of time.
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I am better at maintaining rather large marine engines than FZ1's I have attached several pic's of the rear caliper as well.
I assume there is only 1 securing bolt for the rear caliper?? In the pics I am pointing at 2 bolts , top one by the bleed nipple is the securing bolt for the caliper? yes? and the other one seems to have a rubber type boot/ Is that a balancing valve for the rear ABS??? and really no need to touch this?
The top one by the bleed nipple was backed off about 4 turns, am I correct to assume that this should should tight/ I have tightened it up hard. Again I have checked the caliper assume there should be a certain amount of float/movement if you grip it and twist back and forth.
Any advice apprecated. I am going to get the bike to a dealers and get the thing checked over, not a lot of confidence in the thing now. Not good to find out the brakes are falling off the fecking thing when two days ago I had her batting along flatout.
What is really pissing me off is I had this bike serviced and MOT'd by Marriotts of Birkenhead the day before I rode her all the way down to Spain. I will be dropping them an email, makes you laugh though this bike just passed the Spanish version of the MOT last week after I had fitted a new EU headlight. All MOT's would appear to be a waste of time.
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