Next part of my day

[Wizard765]

So yesterday after dropping my bike in front of almost every rider in Southern Ontario I made it home in one piece.

 

After dinner my navigator was going to be busy for awhile and the dealer where I had my bike safetied said I would need to change the rear brake pads at some point. Sooooo I decided that would be a good time.. It should only take 20 minutes to a half hour right?

 

I took off the saddle bag which was easy.. and then had a look at the caliper.. seeing as how everything on my 1st gen is put together with bolts and so far everything on the 2nd gen is hex keys I promptly undid all 4 hex bolts and my caliper fell apart.. duhhhh

 

So I realized my mistake and finished taking the caliper off. Cleaned the whole thing and reassembled it. Put in the new pads and all looked good. Only been about an hour so far.

 

Now I know I have to bleed the brakes and my navigator is now home and free is I got all 4' 10" of her to sit (well sort of sit) on the bike and pump the brake for me. I had the cap off the reservoir so I could keep an eye on the fluid level.

 

Well all seemed to be going fairly well and the pedal was getting good but WAIT.. noooo it's getting worse now.. the level in the reservoir is NOT going down. This is not making any sense at all.. Spent another hour or so trying to bleed the brake with no luck.

 

Wandered down to a neighbor who claims to be a mechanic and asked him to come see what I was doing wrong. He says to see if anything is coming out of the master so we undo the hose at the master and a few drops come out.. so he says "I think the Master is toast"

 

Now it's getting dark so I put everything away and figure on getting a Master Cylinder Kit in the morning and rebuilt the darn thing (that's today)

 

Last night as I was sitting at the PC and thinking about how I was going to ask you guys what the heck was wrong it came to me lilke a smoking lightning bolt.. and I didn't even have to ask.

 

I had failed to remove the diaphram in the top of the reservoir so I had filled IT instead of the reservoir and everything went dry..

 

Well seeing as how I already had the master off and apart I decided to change the seals anyhow and they were actually in stock at the local dealer in Brantford.

 

Got her put together this afternoon and all is good.. Wow am I getting to know this bike.

 

BUT I FEEL LIKE A COMPLETE IDIOT...!! So go ahead and have a good chuckle on me:rotf:

[XV1100SE]

You said something before about having 2 IT guys doing mechanical work....see....doesn't take 2 IT guys. One does a fine job on his own ! :-p

[YamahaLarry]

You said something before about having 2 IT guys doing mechanical work....see....doesn't take 2 IT guys. One does a fine job on his own ! :-p

 

Sounds just like the work of this IT guy as well.

[Marcarl]

Should have closed all the windows first,,, man you guys!

[Yammer Dan]

I've got introuble thinking too much. Glad you got it fixed!!

[bongobobny]

Next time just pull the dust cap and then the pins. No need to remove the caliper...

[Flyinfool]

I hate brakes right now........

 

Glad you figured it out.

 

Even gladder that you shared with us......

[bill4you502]

I've been told to reverse the rear brake pads on RSV every 8,000 ml. or so. Is that good information?:confused24:

[Stache]

I've been told to reverse the rear brake pads on RSV every 8,000 ml. or so. Is that good information?:confused24:

 

 

As initially set up they tend to wear slightly unevenly. Swapping them lets them even out. There was a thread on here somewhere about how to shim the mount to prevent the problem.

[XV1100SE]

I've been told to reverse the rear brake pads on RSV every 8,000 ml. or so. Is that good information?

 

When I've had my brakes done, the wear was even. I think the trick is to ride lots !

[Kirby]

On my 09 every time I change the rear tire I make sure to tighten the front caliper bracket bolt( the one that bolts the caliper to the swingarm, which the hole is also slotted) last thing after installing the caliper. This lets the caliper center up the pads to the rotor. This helps the pads wear a little more evenly.