Hi Folks,
I am having issues with my rear brake, and here are the symptoms:
- When riding using the rear brake has no braking power. The pedal goes all the way down.
- When on the center stand and in neutral, I can spin the rear wheel by hand. I can push the pedal all the way down with my hand, and then I can't spin the wheel.
- There is no fluid leak anywhere.
- It takes about five seconds for the pedal to return to the upper posisiton on its own.
- I have not been riding my FJR much over the past few years, and the brake fluid flush is definitely overdue.
- Mileage is about 64k.
I friend thinks that it is the master cylinder that needs a rebuild, and that just flushing the fluid will not fix it. I tend to agree, but I am no expert.
Should I first do a brake fluid flush and see what happens? Does it sound like I need to rebuild the master cylinder? I just don't want to go through all the trouble and then find out that it was something else due to my wrong assumptions.
Thanks for any input!
I am having issues with my rear brake, and here are the symptoms:
- When riding using the rear brake has no braking power. The pedal goes all the way down.
- When on the center stand and in neutral, I can spin the rear wheel by hand. I can push the pedal all the way down with my hand, and then I can't spin the wheel.
- There is no fluid leak anywhere.
- It takes about five seconds for the pedal to return to the upper posisiton on its own.
- I have not been riding my FJR much over the past few years, and the brake fluid flush is definitely overdue.
- Mileage is about 64k.
I friend thinks that it is the master cylinder that needs a rebuild, and that just flushing the fluid will not fix it. I tend to agree, but I am no expert.
Should I first do a brake fluid flush and see what happens? Does it sound like I need to rebuild the master cylinder? I just don't want to go through all the trouble and then find out that it was something else due to my wrong assumptions.
Thanks for any input!
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