One question. Is it normal that brake calipers have a little freeplay when you tighten them on frame. I mean when you hold the caliper by hand and wable it, you can feel it wobble just slightly.
Hi Ezequiel, I have a Norbar, the TTi100 to be precise. Good range of 20-100nm ( can go a little lower). Great quality, but the reason I bought it is because it's very easy to set. www.norbar.com
This video came out exactly a week after I replaced the pads myself. Man I struggled so much prying the pistons back out! If only I knew unscrewing the brake reservoir would make it easier! Keep these coming brother. I saw your video on the X-Pipe install, which drove me to research Freespirits a lot more. What do you make of their Brembo brake conversion kit?
Perfect, thank you Tony. Exact same procedure as changing pads on a mountain bike, just all a bit more industrial. My fronts have done 8000kms now and will need changing in about another 2000 at a guess. My rear pads are slightly more worn than fronts, so I look forward to a video on replacing those soon. The rears are a bit more tucked away so look more difficult! 525€ at Swiss dealer for my first annual service, which included fitting new tyres (which I supplied) At that crazy rate, I will definitely be fitting my own pads and doing the next years oil change myself! Keep up the good work :)
So expensive, I was gutted TBH. I live on French/Swiss border. Swiss dealer is 1 hour away and super nice work shop. French dealer 2.5 hours and a proper shitty looking workshop, so I opted Swiss, but then paid dearly for it. I will do my own oil change next year and only use dealer for stuff I cant do. I ride mainly on mountain roads, so use rear brake and engine braking to adjust speed into corners, so am guessing why my rears are more worn! What is the cost in UK for 1st annual service out of interest? Cheers again
Hi Tony, regarding the Torque wrench values. I´ve checked around town for some torque wrenches and can only find two specifications available for them around here. One with a range from 6 nm to 30 nm and another with a range from 40 nm to 200 nm. Do you have any idea what the average Street Twin screw torque ranges is or have any idea if one of this torque wrenches will suffice for common maintenance on this bike? I´m looking for a torque wrench that suits the needs and don´t want to rush into buying one just to find out in the future that it may not cover basic needs. Any idea regarding this question Tony? Much appreciated your atention. Thank you.
Hi +Ricardo I use a Norbar torque wrench which is easy to set and from memory is about 20-100. To be honest anything under 20nm is 'hand tight' i.e. Not forcing but tightening comfortably with one hand
Than you very much for the reply Tony. Always quick to reply and to help people out. Really appreciate that. The lower one available around here starts at 40nm (the one which alows higher torque settings). I guess I will go with that one, if I do not find any other with a lower minimum starting torque range. Maybe the diference between 20nm and 40 nm is not that big. I hope it isn´t. Will look for other one´s. Thanks again Tony.
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Did you bleed the brakes after opening the master cylinder?
No, I made sure I didn’t touch the levers, so I was happy not to bleed the system
One question. Is it normal that brake calipers have a little freeplay when you tighten them on frame. I mean when you hold the caliper by hand and wable it, you can feel it wobble just slightly.
Hi Tony. I think I'd be changing gloves after spreading the copper slip to avoid contaminating the new pads. All the best, Bonz.
Cheers Bonz. Yep, if I wasn't concentrating on filming I would have. I was very careful not to go near the pads themselves.
Another great video Tony. Directly to the archives. Looking forward for the air filter one.
Thanks for the ever so appreciated effort.
Hi Tony,
What torque wrench do you recommend?
Hi Ezequiel, I have a Norbar, the TTi100 to be precise. Good range of 20-100nm ( can go a little lower). Great quality, but the reason I bought it is because it's very easy to set. www.norbar.com
Views from the Man Cave Thanks!
This video came out exactly a week after I replaced the pads myself. Man I struggled so much prying the pistons back out! If only I knew unscrewing the brake reservoir would make it easier! Keep these coming brother.
I saw your video on the X-Pipe install, which drove me to research Freespirits a lot more. What do you make of their Brembo brake conversion kit?
+Aadil Naik Cheers! I've not looked at the kit in the metal, but Freespirits engineering is spot on, and with Brembo involved I'm sure it's good
Nice one Tony, how many miles did the original pads do? Also did you fit new standard spec or uprated versions?
Paul Collins The front pads were changed after approx 4800 miles. I replaced them with standard pads
How come you didn't clean the calipers throughly
They didn’t need it
Did you put in OEM pads or go with something with more performance oriented?
+Les Laxson OEM, for now
Tony, how many miles or km did you have on your front pads before changing them out ?
Hi Bill, 6000 miles, but I do spend a lot of time ragging the bike around country lanes, so I tend to be heavy on brakes 😏
Perfect, thank you Tony. Exact same procedure as changing pads on a mountain bike, just all a bit more industrial. My fronts have done 8000kms now and will need changing in about another 2000 at a guess. My rear pads are slightly more worn than fronts, so I look forward to a video on replacing those soon. The rears are a bit more tucked away so look more difficult! 525€ at Swiss dealer for my first annual service, which included fitting new tyres (which I supplied) At that crazy rate, I will definitely be fitting my own pads and doing the next years oil change myself! Keep up the good work :)
Thanks Lloyd, damn that's pretty expensive... my rears have a good amount of life left in them, but I'll make an episode when they are due
So expensive, I was gutted TBH. I live on French/Swiss border. Swiss dealer is 1 hour away and super nice work shop. French dealer 2.5 hours and a proper shitty looking workshop, so I opted Swiss, but then paid dearly for it. I will do my own oil change next year and only use dealer for stuff I cant do. I ride mainly on mountain roads, so use rear brake and engine braking to adjust speed into corners, so am guessing why my rears are more worn! What is the cost in UK for 1st annual service out of interest? Cheers again
Hi Tony, regarding the Torque wrench values. I´ve checked around town for some torque wrenches and can only find two specifications available for them around here. One with a range from 6 nm to 30 nm and another with a range from 40 nm to 200 nm. Do you have any idea what the average Street Twin screw torque ranges is or have any idea if one of this torque wrenches will suffice for common maintenance on this bike?
I´m looking for a torque wrench that suits the needs and don´t want to rush into buying one just to find out in the future that it may not cover basic needs.
Any idea regarding this question Tony? Much appreciated your atention.
Thank you.
Hi +Ricardo I use a Norbar torque wrench which is easy to set and from memory is about 20-100. To be honest anything under 20nm is 'hand tight' i.e. Not forcing but tightening comfortably with one hand
Than you very much for the reply Tony. Always quick to reply and to help people out. Really appreciate that.
The lower one available around here starts at 40nm (the one which alows higher torque settings). I guess I will go with that one, if I do not find any other with a lower minimum starting torque range. Maybe the diference between 20nm and 40 nm is not that big. I hope it isn´t. Will look for other one´s.
Thanks again Tony.
Rear pads manual please :)
Hi tony
Do you have any video of triumph street scrambler 900 front break pad change please let me know it has a different screw
Thanks
I don’t I’m sorry, but I can’t imagine there is much difference. I think the first issue SS’s had the same caliper set up?
@@mancavemoto I just did a fiist year SS and the bottom slider is just one small bolt that comes out on its own, otherwise everything is the same.
Thanks Tony!
No Problem Jann Eric
Top job! 👍🏻
Thanks Cotti