Front Brake maintenance..

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Apr 12, 2011 | 09:04 AM

Captain Itch

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Front Brake maintenance..

While I was doing the "Big Cleanup" on my Road King,finally got around to checking the front brakes since I was replacing the tire..Had always thought that one of the rotors were warped since it would pulse when I used the front brake,and also had a bad rotor on my 06 RK..
Took a look at the pads and did not look bad at all,so I sprayed the calipers real well with brake cleaner grabbing the lever and extending the pistons and pushing them back in.. Put everything back together and was able to put a few hundred miles on it..Everything is working as it should.

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Apr 12, 2011 | 09:16 AM

Jags93

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So the pulsing went away with just a cleanup?

Interesting. Not sure how that could be. Your brake cleaner must anti-warp mixed in

Maybe it was the tire?

Apr 12, 2011 | 09:36 AM

TWIN CAM 96

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It was the brake dust build - up on the rotor & the brake clean did a fast resurface job

Apr 12, 2011 | 09:42 AM

Captain Itch

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I think that one or 2 of the pistons may have been hanging up? Might add changed out all of the brake fluid..

Apr 12, 2011 | 10:37 AM

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Its still an impressive result. Good work.

Apr 13, 2011 | 07:10 PM

wideopen1967

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Check this out

This makes a big difference. I do this every winter.

http://lyndallracingbrakes.com/service_tech.htm

Apr 13, 2011 | 07:58 PM

Bill03E

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Cleaning the caliper pistons will make a big difference in brake performance.
I use an old set of pads put them in the caliper,and squeeze the lever until the pistons are out almost all of the way,and hose them out with brake clean.