Yamaha 2004 YXR660 Service Manual page 304

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d
FRONT AND REAR BRAKES
1. Measure:
• brake pad wear limit a
Out of specification → Replace the brake
pads as a set.
2. Install:
• brake pads
• brake pad spring
NOTE:
Always install new brake pads, new brake pad
shims, new insulators, and a new brake pad
spring as a set.
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a. Connect a suitable hose 1 tightly to the
brake caliper bleed screw 2. Put the other
end of this hose into an open container.
b. Loosen the brake caliper bleed screw, and
then turn the brake caliper piston 3 clock-
2
wise until section a of the brake caliper pis-
ton is level with the surface of the brake
caliper body.
NOTE:
Align an end b of the groove in the brake cali-
per piston with the punch mark c on the brake
caliper body.
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c. Tighten the brake caliper bleed screw.
b
d. Install new brake pads, new insulators, new
brake pad shims and a new brake pad
c
spring.
NOTE:
Align the projection d on the piston side of the
brake pad with the groove in the brake caliper
piston.
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CHAS
Brake pad wear limit
1.5 mm (0.06 in)
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Brake caliper bleed screw
5 Nm (0.5 m · kg, 3.6 ft · lb)
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