FRONT BRAKE
4-20
brake pad.
e. Install new brake pads and a new brake pad
spring.
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3. Install:
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Brake caliper bolts
4. Check:
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Brake fluid level
Below the minimum level mark “a”
→
Add the
recommended brake fluid to the proper level.
Refer to “CHECKING THE BRAKE FLUID
LEVEL” on page 3-16.
5. Check:
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Brake lever operation
Soft or spongy feeling
→
Bleed the brake
system.
Refer to “BLEEDING THE HYDRAULIC
BRAKE SYSTEM” on page 3-18.
EAS22290
REMOVING THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER
NOTE:
Before disassembling the brake caliper, drain
the brake fluid from the entire brake system.
1. Remove:
●
Union bolt
●
Copper washers
●
Brake hose
NOTE:
Put the end of the brake hose into a container
and pump out the brake fluid carefully.
EAS22320
DISASSEMBLING THE FRONT BRAKE
CALIPER
1. Remove:
●
Brake caliper pistons
●
Dust seals “1”
●
Brake caliper piston seals “2”
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a. Blow compressed air into the brake hose
joint opening “a” to force out the pistons from
the brake caliper.
WARNING
EWA13550
●
Cover the brake caliper piston with a rag.
Be careful not to get injured when the pis-
ton is expelled from the brake caliper.
●
Never try to pry out the brake caliper pis-
ton.
b. Remove the brake caliper piston seals.
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EAS22390
CHECKING THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS
Brake caliper bolt
31 Nm (3.1 m•kg, 23 ft•lb)
T
R
.
.
a
Recommended brake component replacement
schedule
Brake pads
If necessary
Piston seals
Every two years
Brake hoses
Every four years
1
2
a
Summary of Contents for XG250
Page 1: ...SERVICE MANUAL XG250 4D6 28197 E0 ...
Page 39: ...LUBRICATION SYSTEM CHART AND DIAGRAMS 2 23 LUBRICATION DIAGRAMS ...
Page 41: ...CABLE ROUTING 2 25 CABLE ROUTING ...
Page 43: ...CABLE ROUTING 2 27 ...
Page 45: ...CABLE ROUTING 2 29 ...
Page 47: ...CABLE ROUTING 2 31 ...
Page 49: ...CABLE ROUTING 2 33 ...
Page 217: ...CARBURETOR 6 8 ...
Page 218: ...AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM 6 9 EAS27040 AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM ...
Page 222: ...AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM 6 13 ...
Page 237: ...CHARGING SYSTEM 7 14 ...
Page 241: ...LIGHTING SYSTEM 7 18 ...
Page 247: ...SIGNALING SYSTEM 7 24 ...
Page 251: ...CARBURETOR HEATING SYSTEM 7 28 ...
Page 252: ...ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 7 29 EAS27970 ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 9 ...