Cortez
Junior Member
Just got the bike and there's issues already.
I noticed that when I picked the bike up, the rear brake was "sticky", as in..
it would stay applied for a few milliseconds after I released the pedal.
Didn't think much of it, scheduled a brake fluid swap in a week or so, since
I don't know if it's ever been done (bike has 8k miles, 2008.).
On a ride yesterday, after 2 or 3 harder stops using the rear too, I noticed
it became stiffer and lost a bit of power. Tried "pumping" it a bit, and poof,
it became almost completely stuck, the bike could hardly move. Decided to take
it to the petrol station just a stone throw away to check it out, but riding there
(very slowly) the rear disc heated up to red glow.
Cooled it down with the tire pump, tried to move the bike, wouldn't budge.
Waited for the pads to cool down completely, and about 10 minutes later,
the brake let go completely and I was able to ride the bike, HOWEVER, the
rear brake was not working AT ALL and the pedal was almost impossible to
press.
Today I took the bike into the shop, they took the calipers down, tried
moving them manually, seemed to work fine. The "blockage" is between
the pedal and the ABS unit.
Anyone have any idea what could be wrong and what to expect?
The guy in the shop says he's seen this happen on some other ABS bikes,
mostly on BMW's, and that it's usually dirt/crap in the brake lines that gets
lodged into the valves in the ABS unit. Says all it needs is to be cleaned out.
Something tells me that up until now, it's always been the issue he described,
but I wanna be prepared for what else could be wrong and if anyone knows
how expensive it might be to fix, that is.. if it's unfixable (and I need a new
ABS unit).
Thanks everyone.
EDIT: The front brake / ABS works fine.
I noticed that when I picked the bike up, the rear brake was "sticky", as in..
it would stay applied for a few milliseconds after I released the pedal.
Didn't think much of it, scheduled a brake fluid swap in a week or so, since
I don't know if it's ever been done (bike has 8k miles, 2008.).
On a ride yesterday, after 2 or 3 harder stops using the rear too, I noticed
it became stiffer and lost a bit of power. Tried "pumping" it a bit, and poof,
it became almost completely stuck, the bike could hardly move. Decided to take
it to the petrol station just a stone throw away to check it out, but riding there
(very slowly) the rear disc heated up to red glow.
Cooled it down with the tire pump, tried to move the bike, wouldn't budge.
Waited for the pads to cool down completely, and about 10 minutes later,
the brake let go completely and I was able to ride the bike, HOWEVER, the
rear brake was not working AT ALL and the pedal was almost impossible to
press.
Today I took the bike into the shop, they took the calipers down, tried
moving them manually, seemed to work fine. The "blockage" is between
the pedal and the ABS unit.
Anyone have any idea what could be wrong and what to expect?
The guy in the shop says he's seen this happen on some other ABS bikes,
mostly on BMW's, and that it's usually dirt/crap in the brake lines that gets
lodged into the valves in the ABS unit. Says all it needs is to be cleaned out.
Something tells me that up until now, it's always been the issue he described,
but I wanna be prepared for what else could be wrong and if anyone knows
how expensive it might be to fix, that is.. if it's unfixable (and I need a new
ABS unit).
Thanks everyone.
EDIT: The front brake / ABS works fine.
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