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Message started by CannabisChemist850 on 08/12/22 at 07:49:34

Title: Brakes broke?
Post by CannabisChemist850 on 08/12/22 at 07:49:34

Good morning Savage friends. It has been a fun 9 months with this bike, I've put about 6k miles on it as a daily driver. Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed my rear brake is fading. It will occasionally stop like normal when it is damp from morning dew, but that quickly fades. I was previously able to lock up the rear tire if I really put force into the rear brake pedal, now I can give it a lot of pressure and get nearly 0 stopping force. My front brakes are working well, but I will likely replace the pads up there a couple of weeks after I get the rear addressed.

So my questions are; would my brakes really lose that much friction over the course of a week or too? Should I be looking for another issue also? And finally, how big of a pain in the butt is the rear brake to change? Are there any good videos or walk-throughs? I cant seem to find a free link to Clymers, and I am too cheap to buy it (my kid and wife get all of my money).

Assume I am semi-technical and can figure out most things, but also that my focus has always been cars until I owned this Savage.

Any and all advice is appreciated. Hoping to gauge the difficulty, then order parts, and hopefully get this worked out next week.

Title: Re: Brakes broke?
Post by Marco12356 on 08/12/22 at 09:47:33

Heres a video that might help a bit
https://youtu.be/OlR-2IZDSQk
He has another video on how to take the rear off .

Title: Re: Brakes broke?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/12/22 at 10:20:16

If it's Not spitting the brake dust out,it can interfere with function. If you got some pollution in there, that could do it. Have you done any work in the area? Is the pedal still where it was? The rear brake on these is good for untold miles. Unless you adjust it to be dragging and getting hot?
A finger on the hub after a few miles where you Don't even use the rear brake will tell you if they are dragging.

Title: Re: Brakes broke?
Post by CannabisChemist850 on 08/12/22 at 10:59:18

I live in Florida, so pollen and a million other things could be in there. The bike is kept outside, ridden daily. I do have leather saddlebags on the bike, so those block a good bit of the dust and other debris from the top side.

I have not done any work on the rear end at all yet, thankfully. The pedal still feels about the same, I haven't noticed any extra play or extra firmness. I rode it for about 15 miles on lunch and then touched the hub and it was just warm. No hotter than the chrome and other metal surrounding the tire.