2009 flhx, non abs.

Trying to change the rear brake pads and put some new brake fluid in. I'm stumped on step 4..."remove the caliper from the disc"

line is off, bolts are off, but the caliper does not clear the wheel and disc to come free...what am I missing, something stupid and easy i'm guessing....

 

Rock the caliper back and forth across the rotor to open the pads a bit. It takes some force pushing the pucks back into the caliper a bit. That should let you remove the caliper at more of an angle. (At least it works that way on my 2000! )

 

Is it on a jack? It just takes some wiggling.

 

yes.

i'll try the advice from you guys....thanks!

 

that worked, thanks again.

here's another quick question. I did the front brakes last week (went smoothly for those that helped me out..)...the pad 'kits' came with new pads and new pins only.

the rear pad 'kit' is more of a kit....it has templates, a little tube of grease and a scraper to help apply it in the right spots....were the front pads kits supposed to have that stuff too?

Thanks again!! Love this place!!!!

 

I've only replaced the pins once, about 5 years ago when the bike was ten years old and had maybe 75,000 miles on her. The rest of the time its just been straight pads with a cleaning of the pistons (followed by a wipe down with WD-40.)

(She's at 150,000 now )

 

The paste is an anti noise paste used to properly install the brake pads.

 

yeah...i'm just curious why it only came with the rear pad set (along w/ the application template) and not the front pads.