I lost braking power while driving.. luickly I had room to stop!

This is for a GS500e 1992

After looking into the problem I realized that the front right brake pad came out of the caliper. How could this of happened? The brake pad is now wedged in between the caliper and the right front fork.. So when I drive it is constantly dragging on my rotor.

Has this happened to anyone ever? How could this happen, the caliper looks fine.

Since I'm in Europe  and don't have many tools.. I need to know if I can take off the caliper and just stick the brake pad back into position. Will this work??  Or is the brake pad most likely broken and I need to buy another one? I'm cheap and will sell the bike in a couple months so don't want to waste money.

Is there any little parts that come with the brake pads that could of also fallen out?

Thanks if anyone can help.

Happened to me before.  I think there is a possibility of happening to old style calipers.  Mine was out a little in the beginning, sort of wedged between the retainer clips on the calipers so it wore slanted (after-the-fact inspection).  Then it came out completely--just dropped out like that as I was making my way out of a parking lot--grabbed a hand full of nothing.  Luckily it was a straight and I was going really slow.  I walked back 20 meters to the junction where I merged and found my pad there.

My pads were worn, although it seemed like they still had life in them.  But I changed them anyway and they have been working fine since.  Some here says that they have worn their pads down to the metal and did not have any problem of it falling out.  So... :dunno:

Also, no special tool needed to take out the calipers.  The correct size allen  wrench and a torque wrench to put them back right.  A big flat screwdriver to push/pry the piston back in (so you can fit the pad back) would be helpful.  Pads are cheap, really no reason not to change.  It would suck really bad for you or for the buyer if the pad isn't there at the moment when it is really needed.  Could be the final suck, too.  It is really the most important part of the bike,  Change them--they are cheap.  Have I mentioned that it is the most important part of the bike?

Cheers,
e.

Yeah I agree it is dangerous that that pad fell out.

I was pulling into a parking lot luckily.. But it was scray when I went to pull the front brake and it felt like the clutch.
Sometimes (more often than I should) I like to come up really fast to intersections or other cars.. knowing that I can easily stop with both brakes.. If I would of done that I would of plowed into a car or intersection..
Luckily I had the rear break, but that only does so much.

I've been driving the bike with only the rear brake.. it works but its not a smart thing to do.

Just get a new set of pads. Even if you put the old pad back in it may fall out again.
You'll need to force the pistons back into the caliper. Since you pulled the brake lever without the pad it pushed the pistons out too far for new pads.
Pull the caliper off and stick the old pads in. Then take a screwdriver between the pads to pry the gap open. Then install the new pads and put the caliper back on.

I took off my caliper today to get the pad back in. I need to do this at least temporary until I get the new pads.

But what fell out was a little metal clip.. I can't see where this little clip goes. If anyone knows what this little metal clip is for, is it very important?
it has 4 folded sides..

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