Rear brake "thud" since recall work performed

[willtill]

I'm fairly certain 53 does a F.O.D. walk down of his driveway to prevent such occurrences...

Old habits are hard to break

[53driver]

Brought me so much joy to wake up to all this love this morning.....
Thank you one and all.


Shooter - I concur with sloppy pedal or poor braking as the result of air in the system. Didn't know if this thud could also be an air issue. Thanks for the help.

[wjduke]

Brought me so much joy to wake up to all this love this morning.....
Thank you one and all.


Shooter - I concur with sloppy pedal or poor braking as the result of air in the system. Didn't know if this thud could also be an air issue. Thanks for the help.

Maybe a brake pad not secure. I don't know how these sit, but some have ears that need to be bent over, or a metal clip might be missing.

[53driver]

I'm fairly certain 53 does a F.O.D. walk down of his driveway to prevent such occurrences...

Old habits are hard to break

Oh you betcha! Got me one of these to help:
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[98valk]

Anyone feel a difference in their rear brake since the recall work?
Mine is definitely different, more responsive (but yes, there is new fluid).

What has me intrigued though, is when I step on the brake more firmly than gradually, I feel a "thud" in the rear area.
If I go gradually, no thud.
Is that air in the system working its way through?
I know it wasn't there before the recall work.

I am going to check all fasteners and fittings tomorrow in the light.

Open to ideas so when I get back to the dealer, I can have an intelligent conversation.
Cheers,
Steve

I would check to see if the secondary master cylinder on the front left fork is moving smoothly.

If it was sticking, it could suddenly move and cause the rear brake to activate.

It's a long shot, but what the heck.

[53driver]

I would check to see if the secondary master cylinder on the front left fork is moving smoothly.

If it was sticking, it could suddenly move and cause the rear brake to activate.

It's a long shot, but what the heck.

Thanks! I hadn't thought about checking that specifically, as the effect only occurs with the rear brake pedal being applied "with purpose."
But, yes, stranger things have happened.
She's on her center stand now, I'll give it a more thorough look-see.

[53driver]

Secondary appears to operating correctly.

We have a play date at Pensacola Motorsports on Tuesday.
In the mean time, I'll be checking and re-checking.
Oh yeah - and doing a FODwalk of my garage and driveway.

[DMAGOLDRDR]

Is it just a sound or more of a "feel" something ??
I go back to a time when a friend had a shifting problem. He complained about how his motorcycle started shifting odd and after a few of us were tossing out thoughts someone asked if he had new riding boots. That was the problem, new boots gave him a completely different feel. So here I wonder if the brakes are maybe grabbing a touch higher than before and giving you a different feel.

Just a thought.

[ths61]

Good luck.

So far so good, made it home in one piece in a rain storm. Needless to say, I haven't stomped on them hard yet.

My wrench is marking notches on a shelf to keep track of all of the recalls he has done to date. I got notch #62.

[GaTeach]

I'm fairly certain 53 does a F.O.D. walk down of his driveway to prevent such occurrences...

FOD Walk the driveway for HD parts?????

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