Rear

BRAKE PAD: Removal and Installation

BR-39 Exploded View:

REMOVAL

WARNING:
Clean any dust from the brake caliper and brake pads with a vacuum dust collector. Never blow with compressed air.

CAUTION:
^ Never depress the brake pedal while removing the brake pads or the cylinder body because the piston may pop out.
^ Never spill or splash brake fluid on the disc rotor.

1. Remove tires with power tool.
2. Remove the upper sliding pin bolt.
3. Suspend the cylinder body with a wire so that the brake hose will not stretch. Remove the brake pads, shims, shim cover and pad retainers from the torque member.

CAUTION:
^ Never deform the pad retainers if removing the pad retainers.
^ Never damage the piston boot.
^ Never drop the brake pad, shims, and the shim cover.

INSTALLATION

WARNING:
Clean any dust from the brake caliper and brake pads with a vacuum dust collector. Never blow with compressed air.

CAUTION:
^ Never depress the brake pedal while removing the brake pads or the cylinder body because the piston may pop out.
^ Never spill or splash brake fluid on the disc rotor.

1. Apply PBC (Poly Butyl Cuprysil) grease or silicone-based grease to the pad retainers before installing it to the torque member if the pad retainers has been removed.

CAUTION:
^ Securely assemble the pad retainers so that it will not be lifted up from the torque member.
^ Never deform the pad retainers.

2. Apply PBC (Poly Butyl Cuprysil) grease or silicone-based grease to the mating faces between the shims and the shim cover and install them to the brake pad.

CAUTION:
Always replace the shims together with the shim cover when replacing the brake pad.

3. Install cylinder body and brake pads to torque member.

CAUTION:
^ Never damage the piston boot.
^ When of replacing brake pad with new one, check a brake fluid level in the reservoir tank because brake fluid returns to master cylinder reservoir tank when pressing piston in.

NOTE:
Use a disc brake piston tool to easily press piston.

4. Install the upper sliding pin bolt and tighten it to the specified torque.
5. Depress the brake pedal several times to check that no drag feel is present for the rear disc brake. Refer to "BRAKE PAD: Inspection".

BRAKE PAD: Inspection

INSPECTION AFTER REMOVAL
Replace the shims and the shim cover if rust is excessively attached.

INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION
1. Check a drag of front disc brake. If any drag is found, follow the procedure described below.
2. Remove brake pads.
3. Press the pistons.

CAUTION:
^ Never damage the piston boot.
^ When replacing a pad with new one, check a brake fluid level in the reservoir tank because brake fluid returns to master cylinder reservoir tank when pressing piston in.

NOTE:
Use a disc brake piston tool to easily press piston.

4. Install brake pads.
5. Depress the brake pedal several times.
6. Check a drag of front disc brake again. If any drag is found, disassemble the cylinder body.
7. Burnish contact surface between brake pads according after refinishing or replacing brake pads. Refer to BR-16, "BRAKE PAD: Inspection and Adjustment". Rear