Checking Front Brakes

[GlennTuc]

Is there any way to check wear on front brakes without pulling them? I've got 29,000 miles on them and they still work fine. Don't know how many miles you can get out of them.

 

Glenn

[KiteSquid]

Yes there is.

 

In my owners manual on page 7-25 is the procedure.....

 

 

IF nessessary, Chapter 7 of the service manual covers replacement procedures.

 

 

If you dont have the manuals, they are dowladable for FREE from the VRTech section of this forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[V7Goose]

You didn't bother to tell us what bike you have, but it is very easy to see how much pad is left on the 2nd gens by just looking at them from the bottom rear of the calipers - you can see all four pads without removing anything.

Goose

[N3FOL]

A flashlight will help you see better through the front calipers.

[BigBear]

I just replaced my brakes (F&R) with the Splintered HH pads.

 

I cleaned both front rotors with brake cleaner and install the pads. After 200 miles, the brakes don't seem to "grab" enough...brake lever is solid (didn;t monkey with the brake fluid).

 

Took them off, cleaned the rotors and brake pads with brake cleaner...get much better braking capacity, but now I get almost a metal-on-metal sound when I apply the front brakes.

 

Any ideas or thoughts? I've seen folks here have sanded thier rotors and scuffed up their pads with sandpaper. I just don't like that scraping sound...