Removing The Rear Brake Caliper; Disassembling The Rear Brake Caliper - Yamaha MT-03 Service Manual

NOTE:
Always install new brake pads and brake pad
springs as a set.
a. Connect a clear plastic hose "1" tightly to the
bleed screw "2". Put the other end of the
hose into an open container.
b. Loosen the bleed screw and push the brake
caliper piston into the brake caliper with your
finger.
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c. Tighten the bleed screw.
Bleed screw (rear brake caliper)
14 Nm (1.4 m·kg, 10 ft·lb)
d. Install new brake pads and new brake pad
springs.
3. Install:
• Brake pad pin
• Brake pad clip
• Brake caliper
• Rear wheel
4. Check:
• Brake fluid level
Below the minimum level mark "a"
the recommended brake fluid to the proper
level.
Refer to "CHECKING THE BRAKE FLUID
LEVEL" on page 3-19.
Add
a
4-36
5. Check:
• Brake pedal operation
Soft or spongy feeling
system.
Refer to "BLEEDING THE HYDRAULIC
BRAKE SYSTEM" on page 3-21.
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REMOVING THE REAR BRAKE CALIPER

NOTE:
Before disassembling the brake caliper, drain
the brake fluid from the entire brake system.
1. Remove:
• Rear wheel
• Rear brake hose union bolt "1"
• Copper washers "2"
• Rear brake hose "3"
• Rear brake caliper "4"
NOTE:
Put the end of the brake hose into a container
and pump out the brake fluid carefully.
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DISASSEMBLING THE REAR BRAKE
CALIPER
1. Remove:
• Brake caliper piston "1"
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a. Blow compressed air into the brake hose
joint opening "a" to force out the pistons from
the brake caliper.
REAR BRAKE
Bleed the brake
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