Thinking about trying to change my rear pads myself, is it that difficult?

 

IT should be quite easy. All instructions in your service manual.

 

Do you have a jack, C-clamp to push in the caliper piston. Other than that, basic tools

 

"Modified"Easy on the Brembo. Lol. Not your bike. .

Need some brake cleaner, high heat anti seize for the pin and back of pads, blue lock rite, 10 mm 12 point socket, 5 mil Allen and a torque wrench if you must. Assuming your disc is still good. These tools are for my 2013 but may vary for your year.

It took about 5-10 minutes per side on my fronts this weekend. Great YouTube videos to guide you.

 

The rear involves taking the axle shaft out, so you'll need the wrenches for that job. It's a little fiddly, getting the caliper out as there's an anti-rotation tab on the swing arm. Then the wheel falls over and the spacer drops to the ground. Arguably a little easier if you don't completely remove the axle shaft.

It's not a hard job per-se, but it's not a quicky job either.

 

Great advice, if only his bike was an 08 and later with Brembo brakes!

 

NO, it doesnt require removing the axle, remove the master cylinder cap, get a thin stiff blade putty knife and work it in between the inner pad and rotor and spread it out until the pad is against the caliper, pull the pins and drop the inner pad, replace with new pad and loosly install 1 pin to hold it in place, now repeat for outer pad, torque pins to 180 in lbs, flush and top off fluid!

 

lol. Roger that and modified my post to help sell him on a new bike with easier brakes.

 

Quick and easy. Per the shop manual, use a putty knife to carefully pry the pads back. Pull the 2 1/4" 12 point pin bolts, slide in the new pads. Just make sure you get the pad orientation right. There's an inner and an outer pad.


The factory manual is inexpensive and a great reference.

 

Yea, but then you're shoving dirty caliper pistons back in, and that sometimes doesn't go so well. Pull the caliper and you can clean the pistons and inspect the caliper.

If the caliper pistons were booted, I'd much more readily agree with you.