Rear brake pad pin removal - how?

[Bob Palin]

I'm trying to change the pads on my '02 1150RT. How do you remove the pin that goes through the caliper and ends of the pads. I have a diagram that shows a circlip that presumably holds it in place but there is no clip on my bike. The pin will rotate freely and move a little bit from side to side but seems firmly in there otherwise.

[hootowl]

If you don't have the circlip at the small end there will be a expandable collar that's a friction fit on the other. Just take the appropriate size drift and a hammer and punch it out.

[Stan Walker]

Hey Killer

 

My '02 rear caliper has a retaining clip on the outside of the pin that has to be removed before you just tap out the pin. If all you have is a slot where the clip used to be just tap tap tap (towards the wheel), remove caliper, remove pads.

 

Stan

[Cali Kid]

Ditto, Ditto - the pin will come out without the clip. there is some pressure on the pin due to the spring behind the pads (or on top, however you hold it). It also gets dry and dusty, squirt it with a little lube or something and clean it up when you put it back in.

[Rt4Me]

Killer,

 

I had the same problem until I realized I was trying to hammer it out from the wrong side.

 

If it won't come out one way, try the other way!!

 

Good luck. Bill

[Bob Palin]

Hey Killer

 

My '02 rear caliper has a retaining clip on the outside of the pin that has to be removed before you just tap out the pin. If all you have is a slot where the clip used to be just tap tap tap (towards the wheel), remove caliper, remove pads.

 

Stan

Aha, remove the caliper after tapping out the pin, that should make it easier! Thanks everybody, I'll give it another go in the morning.

[Bob Palin]

Aha, remove the caliper after tapping out the pin, that should make it easier! Thanks everybody, I'll give it another go in the morning.

That did the trick, looks like there is a slot where a clip could go but the pin seems quite firmly in there without it. New brake pads, it was about time, the old ones had 68,000 miles on them. There was still some pad left though it looked very ugly, hopefully the fluid reservoir wasn't too full, I'm not going to look as I'm leaving for an 850 mile journey this afternoon If it was too full it's already spilled anyway (enter denial mode ).