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Message started by Gregski on 03/15/04 at 10:42:29

Title: BRAKE JOB
Post by Gregski on 03/15/04 at 10:42:29

Just found out my local Suzuki Stealership in Sacramento, CA charges the following to do your brakes on the Suzuki Savage:

=== PARTS ===
Front Pads $28.00
Rear Shoes $27.00

=== LABOR ===
Front $35.00 (.5 hours)
Rear $63.00 (.9 hours)

thought I would share to give you all an idea,
Gregski

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by ironman on 03/16/04 at 05:05:10

Get a manual and do them yourself if you are familiar with turning a wrench.
Really the labor charges don't sound that bad compared to some of my local dealers.
$69.00 an hour flat rate for any job is what we have from all of them here...(sounds like a conspiracy huh?)

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by Gregski on 03/16/04 at 13:38:38

I am planning on doing them myself, and making some BBQ ribs with the money saved over. Actually I hope my bro will help me. I figure I need to get familiar with this bike because I do want to make a chopper out of it after all. So when I take the rear wheel off I can check out that rear fender and start mocking something up. It shouldn't be too hard, and it will give me a sense of accomplishment and build my confidence when I get it done.

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by tekxtc on 11/03/04 at 12:08:18

My front brake pads are all worn out and I will be putting the new EBC pads over the coming weekend. I was looking thru the older topics and I thought of continuing this thread instead of creating another one.

I was wondering if there is any gotchas in the process. I have the clymer, it basically says losen the allen bolt, remove the caliper from the forks and disc, remove the allen bolt, remove the pads, put the disc brake lube in the pistons and on the back of the pads, and put everything back together.

So anything that you guys experienced that may be I should know about? Also, do you "break in" the brake pads like you break in the tires and the engine or the like? How? Let me know.

Autif

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http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;num=1095127060

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;num=1095171165

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Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by Greg_650 on 11/03/04 at 12:16:38

There are also 2 guide pins for the caliper to "float" on. Being careful not to tear the rubber seals, a little bit of lithium grease would be good to keep those sliding nicely.

Aside from that, you pretty much got the rest, and I've never done anything but start riding after that :)

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by Greg_650 on 11/03/04 at 13:07:16

Take a look in the Technical Corner. I just posted some pics of the brake job.

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by AL_DOWN_UNDER on 11/03/04 at 22:49:22

HEY IRONMAN WHAT SORT OF DOLLARS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, US , ENG , OR WHAT :-/

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by Savage_Rob on 11/04/04 at 05:56:27

Since he's talking about Sacramento, CA, I would assume US$.

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by MacAttack on 06/20/06 at 16:06:55

That's not too bad a price, actually! You can do it yourself in those times, the second time you do it.

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by smokey02 on 06/20/06 at 22:23:46

Bleed the brakes first, then change the pads. Then you won't cause the master cyl to overflow when you open the calipers to accept the new (and thicker) brake pads.

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by MacAttack on 06/21/06 at 12:37:52

You don't need to bleed the brakes if you are only changing the pads.

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by smokey02 on 06/22/06 at 01:10:33

The choice was pull off the cap and remove some excess fluid so it would not overflow, or just bleed some fluid off. Previous owner had it very full of brake fluid, it was way above the sight glass.

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by thumperclone on 06/22/06 at 10:59:09

give a holler when the ribs are ready!! ill bring the beer ;D
Gregski wrote:

Title: Re: BRAKE JOB
Post by MacAttack on 06/22/06 at 11:53:17

smokey02 wrote:

The choice was pull off the cap and remove some excess fluid so it would not overflow, or just bleed some fluid off. Previous owner had it very full of brake fluid, it was way above the sight glass.

Oh, sorry! Yes I left out the part about compressing the piston/having to take the cap off the master cylinder. Another way to remove excess fluid is with a turkey baster.