Brake Recall

[stevenolts]

I have a few questions about the brake recall.

1. The dealers have a three week wait for an appointment (is that normal?) I did call two dealers both said three weeks out.

2. Is it a question of if they will do the work? The guy said if my bike needed it? I thought they would automatically do the work???

3. They said they would replace rear master cylinder, secondary master cylinder and flush the rear brake fluid. Is this what they have done to your bikes?

3. How hard is it to change the brake fluid and clutch fluid myself?
I just did it on my 1981 Honda CB750K but it only has one caliper and no linked brakes.

Steve

[Sorcerer]

The clutch is a pain to get to being that it is behind the fuel evaporation canister, which means you have to drop the lower front cowl. Then unbolt canister to move it out of the way. The real pain is in reinstalling the lower cowl. Bleeding the break systom, there is a specific sequence that has to be followed. When I bled my 13 I installed speed bleeders at that time. 6 months later the last break recall came out. For me the hardest part was trying to not run the recivior dry.

[F6Dave]

I waited until a nice weekday last November when the dealer wasn't busy at all. I called the night before to be sure they could take me as soon as they opened. I was out of there in less than 3 hours, well before lunch time. This particular dealer had loads of experience with the recall, having performed over 1,400 of them. That allowed them to streamline the procedure in places.

I doubt there's a hurry to get this done. It applies to all GL1800s, back to the first 2001 models. It usually takes time to develop, so our newer F6Bs should be unlikely to be exhibiting actual dragging brakes at this point. I think my service tech said they'd only seen two or three bikes with the actual problem.

[OlyF6B]

FYI only... I picked up my new '16 Deluxe on 6/12 and the dealer checked... no recalls on my scoot. Hoping it doesn't materialize.

[Fingerz]

I picked up my 2016 Deluxe in April and the dealer said it had no recalls on it either.

[seventwenty]

My 13 wasn't included in the recall. I'm not sure why Dave says it applies to all Gl1800's.

[53driver]

I think you need to call Honda Customer Service and get this sorted.
It should show in one place or the other.
And most everyone on these pages with a 2013 had the recall emails, mailers, and had it done.

I'd be finding out for sure.
Cheers,
Steve