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[toddm]

hey all anyone know the damm secret to installing new rear brake pads these routours on our bikes are ridiculous to slide the new pads in any secrets .

[HARLEYBILL]

TODDM:

Make sure the caliper pistons are completely pushed back. It's easier to do this with reservoir cover off. Then I slide the caliper on as far as I can and then rock the wheel back and forth ever so slightly until the moment of luck and truth arrives. You have to be patient. Don't do what I once did and try to jam it on by turning the whell past point of resistance-the pads will break apart!
Don't forget to bleed and change the fluid if two years +.
Frustrating huh?

[toddm]

harley bill you mean you slide the break pads on as far as you can then move the wheel ever so slightly. these rotors are the pits

[HARLEYBILL]

Yep, push back the pistons and insert the pads. Then I slide the caliper on as much as possible and then ever so gently roll the wheel forward a small amount. Just about the time you're ready to use the tried and proven Smith & Wesson method it seems to fall into place.
Real professional huh? It'll be a piece of cake after you've busted up a few like me.