FRONT BRAKE

CHAS

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Installation steps:

Connect a suitable hose 1 tightly to the brake caliper bleed screw 2. Put the other end of this hose into an open container.

Loosen the brake caliper bleed screw and, using a finger, push the caliper piston into the brake caliper.

Tighten the brake caliper bleed screw.

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Brake caliper bleed screw: 6 Nm (0.6 m • kg, 4.3 ft • lb)

Install new brake pads, new pad shim 3 and a new brake pad spring.

Install the holding bolts and brake caliper.

NOTE:

The arrow mark a on the pad shim must point in the direction of the disc rotation.

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Brake pad holding bolt:

18 Nm (1.8 m • kg, 13 ft • lb) Brake caliper mounting bolt:

30 Nm (3.0 m • kg, 22 ft • lb)

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3.Check:

Brake fluid level

Refer to “CHECKING THE FRONT BRAKE FLUID LEVEL” in CHAPTER 3.

4.Check:

Brake lever operation

Soft or spongy feeling Bleed the front brake system.

Refer to “BLEEDING THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM” in CHAPTER 3.

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Yamaha 5TE-F8197-10, LIT-11616-16-02 service manual Installation steps, Brake caliper bleed screw 6 Nm 0.6 m kg, 4.3 ft lb