Yamaha PZ50RTX Owner's Manual page 67

performance, inspect the brake for wear or
brake fluid leakage. (See the following section
for more details.)
Checking the brake pads
Check the brake pads for wear.
If the brake pads reach the wear limit, ask a
Yamaha dealer to replace them.
1. Brake pad wear indicator
2. Brake pad wear limit
Brake pad wear limit:
4.7 mm (0.19 in)
Checking the parking brake pads
Check the parking brake pads for wear by
measuring the thickness of the pads. If the
parking brake pads reach the wear limit, ask a
Yamaha dealer to replace them.
1. Parking brake pad wear limit
Parking brake pad wear limit:
1.2 mm (0.047 in)
Periodic maintenance
To adjust the parking brake
As the parking brake pads wear, adjustment
may be necessary to ensure proper brake
performance.
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WARNING
Be sure to have a Yamaha dealer make this
adjustment.
1. Loosen the parking brake pad locknut
and the parking brake pad adjusting bolt.
2. Loosen the parking brake cable locknut.
3. Turn the parking brake cable adjusting
bolt in or out to adjust the cable length.
1. Parking brake pad locknut
2. Parking brake pad adjusting bolt
3. Parking brake cable locknut
4. Parking brake cable adjusting bolt
5. Parking brake cable length
Parking brake cable length:
43.5–46.5 mm (1.713–1.831 in)
4. Tighten the parking brake cable locknut.
5. Turn the parking brake pad adjusting bolt
in or out to adjust the clearance between
the parking brake pads and the brake
disc.
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