Front Brakes

Front brakes





Brake caliper
The front brake discs are ventilated and the front brake calipers have cooling fins to ensure optimal temperature.
Lucas brake calipers are of the floating type with a single piston. This design makes it very easy to change brake pads. The brake pads can be accessed after the brake caliper's floating part has been tilted up over the upper guide pin.

Wear indicator
The brake pads feature a wear indicator. This small metal clip is fastened on the brake pad's backing plate. When the brake pad has been worn down so much that it has to be changed the free end of the plate will have contact with the brake disc, which causes a squeaking noise. The indicator's free end has a length of 2 mm (approx. 1/12 in).
The indicator does not cause any extra wear of the brake disc.





The wear indicator is delivered together with bolts and Loctite(R) in the brake pad kit. They must be placed in correct position to work as intended.
Even with wear indicator, the brake pads (and discs) should be checked at every service.