Rear brake pads.

[poppsy]

Hi, I have bought a nice 1998 XJ 900 Diversion this week, and as the bike is new to me can anyone tell me how to change the rear brake pads correctly and the best pads to purchase.

Regards

Poppsy.

[neilmud Lord Protector]

If I remember right you can just remove the pins & replace BUT not to be advised Divi calipers are notorious for getting cruddy there are plenty of threads here on best ways to service to refit dust seals or not as for pads sintered are best & usually what you pay is what you get but there is a recent post on this & some cheap normal pads have been given a good report.

So basically in answer to your question don't know, clean it all & don't know

Neil

[pol]

i had sintered rear pads fitted recently on my '02 600... don't like them! they're too sticky! the 1 disc i have at the back with sintered pads, is now stronger than the 2 discs i have at the front with standard pads... my back wheel locks up too easily now & the brakes squeak

i always used standard before & much prefer them tbh

[bobh]

I also think that sintered (HH) pads can be OTT on the rear brake, and in fact EBC recommend that you shouldn't use them unless you also have HH on the front.

I used normal (non-sintered) pads in my 900 and found them fine from the point of view of braking performance. But they did seem to wear a lot more quickly than on other bikes I've had. Some of this may have been because I let grit build up in the holes in the rear disc, so it's a good idea to clean them out regularly with a small bottle brush-thingy.

As Neil says above, the calipers can seize, and a thorough overhaul is useful. Also it means the fluid gets changed, which may not have been done in a while - I think Yamaha recommend every 2 years, but 4-5 years is probably more realistic. Having said that, if the pistons are clean and push back into the cylinders easily, and the sliders slide OK, then just replacing pads should be fine. I would definitely take the caliper off the mount to do this, though, not try to replace in-situ.