Help replacing rear pads...

[elric8467]

Sad and pathetic? Sounds like the Brits are getting a little testy(maybe a little drunk themselves). And I am most assuredly not drunk. Maybe thats your cop-out but I don't drink As far as actual experience I've been a professional mechanic for six years, and a shade tree for many more. My friday night has been spent puting those skills to use on my motorcycle not wasting time on a forum listing barely co-herent post(whilst drinking I'm sure). My shop doesn't charge extra to do work PROPERLY. We do it the right way the first time for a fair price(here in america we have laws about such things). You might also want to read my posts a little more carefully, I said those things MIGHT happen not that they would. I have never had a break line split due to clamping the line. While some of us (damn limey brits) might be incompetent  others will realize that with a healthy dose of common sense and a little mechanical know how you can do a better brake job with out causing any damage. I was simply being as thourough as possible, making sure to provide all the information at my disposal. You, ma'm, are doing everyone here a dis-service by suggesting that regular maintenance should not be as thourough as possible just because you have never done it that way. While it may not be entirley necsesary it is the best way to do the job. I have more break jobs under my belt than you may ever. I work on cars every day, hell I run a 10 sec. SATURN to and from work every day, my bike is custom and I ride it everyday too those factors have nothing to do with ones ability to produce quality work. That's how I do it and it works very well thank you. And SLEDGE I have gs500 break systems on my bike and I change them quite frequently, just like I used to do on my ex500, and my gsx-r 750. I once again remind all of you that some people have an unfourtunate tendancy to post negative comments that serve no purpose. Or will post false information in an effort to discredit other. Either way derogatory remakrs will be met in kind. It's okay to disagree but you shouldn't be rude abpout it and you should most certainly not become even more rude when in the face of reprisal. Maybe you should strive to be more like ecpreston. I do truly appreciate his bearing and candor in such a time of drunken lunacy where as I think less of you than I'm sure I would have thought possible. At least I was trying to help. So go smoke a nancy boy( and I mean that in the american way) and F*CK OFF now ,ya hear! Damn foreigners

I do appoligize to the rest of the GSTWINS community for starting and participating in such a vulgar, rude, and pointless exchange. A pleasant weekend to all. Even Kasumi

BTW:
It is best to remove the entire assembly- in order to inspect them.
Compress all extended pistons to ensure maximum clearance.
Yes you can replace the pads without releiving system pressure.

[sledge]

Can someone translate that lot for me? I guess when he says breaks he means "brakes" but what is a shade tree?

[Kerry]

[...] what is a shade tree?

You know ... oak, maple, sycamore. 

Just kidding ... kind of.    The implied word in the phrase is "mechanic", as in:

I've been a professional mechanic for six years, and a shade tree [mechanic] for many more.

The next question will be "And just what is a shade tree mechanic?"  Fair enough.  Here's a paragraph I [found on the 'Net] that sums it up pretty well:

It used to be that all over America you'd see somebody under a shade tree working on their car. As cars became more dependent [on] computers it became much tougher to diagnose the problem and you ended up having to take your car to a garage with expensive diagnostic equipment.

Basically, a person who works on vehicles in their own garage or yard.

[sledge]

Its a new one on me but the phrase makes sense.......cheers.

[Kasumi]

Don't drink...have never drunk and never been drunk either.

I don't know how you can take the moral high ground about posting pointless comments. Your ENTIRE posts have been aimed at being derogatory to brits.... did you see me doing that to Americans? ... No, because most of you guys and gals are nice.

So shut up with the f%$king insults against Brits. It would pay to remember who's had your socldiers' backs in Iraq... yes that would be us. So a little more respect to brits thankyou very much or no doubt you would have twice as many people coming home in a box. I don't expect to come on here and listen to someone insulting the Brits when people from my own squadron have served and died protecting America's beliefs.



I think shade tree means ...lives a sheltered life btw.

[sledge]

Let it go Kas, despite an earlier appology its obvious what sort of person he is and there is no sense in dropping to his level.

[elric8467]

I suppose you just don't get it. And IRAQ... are you fu*king kidding me? I won't even dignify that with a response! I was simply trying to demonstrate the effect of comments that serve no purpose other than to aggitate and instigate.
AKA-
I personally havn't heard of a more anal point in a fair while.... crap getting back into your brake fluid.... I have never ever ever ever ever ever seen this happen, let alone have any sort of repercussions from simply replacing the pads without doing anything else. At most i replace a set of pads and bleed the  brakes, top up if needed. Thats it. Job done. No vice grips no nothing.
as well as-
So.......you're slackers, who aren't worried about proper maintenance procedures, and don't know what you're talking about
so I will apoligize and mean it. I am just so tired of people, on every forum, responding to others post like youu did. We're all here to help each other out and share experiences your post did nothing to that end. I wanted to help this guy out by giving him the best info I had availible but you had to be so condescending, and rude. I am sorry I took it so far but call it my personal soap box.
BTW my mothers maiden name is Beckett, and her mothers' Ladd. You would probably know the rest of the lineage better than I.

[Kasumi]

Go to another forum

[elric8467]

Eat balls and die Filthy peice of sh*t!

[TheMajekalBum]

so much hate going on here....damn

Well look on the top or your rear caliper...see the plastic cover...pop that off...from right there you should see how everything pops appart...you'll need to pull the pads out the top...use a faily thin piece of something to press the piston on...assemble it in the reverse order of the way you took it appart...take your time....I was able to do mne in a parking lot with only a flat haed screw drive and new pads in about 10 minutes with out any knowlage of how it all goes down.