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One thing to consider when working on any brake system is the seating of pieces. Sometimes when working on older brakes the seats get disturbed when pads get changed so they leak. This is pretty obvious at the caliper, not obvious at the lever. This is the reason I don't use speed bleeders - they force you to pump your brake levers past where they normally go. Much better to use a vacuum pump to bleed - no strange movements of master or slave cylinder. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "Jim Keal" wrote:

> One thing to consider when working on any brake system is the

seating of

> pieces.

I have had a brake calipher leak after replacing pads until... I took some advice and cleaned the piston protruding before shoving it back into the housing.. that dirt/grime buildup screws up the o ring seal on the piston and that was where it would leak on me. I just take a small wire brush to it before pushing it in. Dan of Graham

You are in luck Dale. The QA50 has the same brakes as the KLR. JUST KIDDING! I didn't find any Hondas that had the same brakes. The KLR is special and has brakes that no one else is using. Fred

----- Original Message ----- From: Dale_Johnson@... To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 11:04 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Brakes Does anyone know if Honda has any bikes that use the same brake pads as the KLR? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The Galfer Green pads have developed a following over the last year or so. John

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "klr600ca" wrote: > ok, I ordered a russel brake line for my klr, now what are the best > front brake pads? EBC sintered, Vesrah carbonX, etc ?

> ok, I ordered a russel brake line for my klr, now what are the best > front brake pads? EBC sintered, Vesrah carbonX, etc ?

This is kind of like oil and a couple other things, but here's the deal as I see it. I also added the Russell brake lines, and wanted good replacement pads. I asked Fred, (you DO know Uncle Fred Hink, right? http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/index.html), what he thought would be good for pads, and he suggested the Galfer green pads in front, and the Galfer black pads in the rear. I'm not going to say how much money I've spent with him on aftermarket parts in case my wife ever reads this, (Grinning), but it's been a lot - (check out the 3350 mile maintenance at: http://klr6500.tripod.com/mymaintrec.html) 99.9% of that stuff came from Fred) - and he has never steered me wrong. I often don't even know what exactly I should get, as with the brake pads, so I just ask Fred to send me the best thing for the job. You don't get THAT kind of service or support many places! I've only been able to put on a couple hundred miles over the past few months in here Massachusetts - we just had another major snowstorm - but those pads clearly showed their stuff for the riding I did do... Wise men still seek Him... Mark St.Hilaire, Sr A15 My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If you don't get a response, please try: KLR6500@... HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, jlyonamf wrote:

>The Galfer Green pads have developed a following over the last year or >so.

I finally pulled off my EBC 'R'-suffix pads after 3,000,000,000 miles (that's how long it seemed) and installed the Galfer Greens on the front. They bedded-in very rapidly and they seem to provide slightly better than stock performance (as opposed to the EBC's which were identical to stock). If they provide decent service life, I'll keep using them. If they die as fast as the Galfer Blacks on the rear did, I'll try something else. Galfer should put their HH-rated 1396 stoppie pucks into production in our size. I'll gladly replace my rotors every 20k in exchange for better stoppage power.