MOTO GUZZI 850-T5 Owner's Manual page 24

24 Checking wear of the brake pads
Every 5000 km check thickness 01 the brake
pads.
- New pad 9 mm.
- Wear limit 6 mm
II the pad ls worn Clown 10 more than this limit,
it
is necessary to change the pads.
Alter this operation has been earned
out
there 15
no need to drain
the
air from
the
braking CIrCUits:
rt
is sufficient to operate
!he
control lever on
the
handlebar -B .. (in fig . 16) several hmes
unlll
the
caliper pistons reach their normal
position.
When replacing the pads.
check
also the COndl-
liOn 01 the fluid hne and replace them 1m·
mediately
if
damaged.
N.
8. -
When replacing the pads
it
is adVIsable,
for
the
first 100 km. to act on
the
brakes carefully
to allow a correct setting of the pads same.
Checking the braking discs
H ..
in
fig .
16
and
17)
The brake discs are manufactured
with
material
having a high
tnction
coefficient, specially studied
in order 10
be
matched to the specific brake
pads. The efficacy of
thiS
has been confirmed
after researches and by numbers 01 tests.
During brakes operatIOn. grooves are formed on 16