748R Rear brake? Not any longer...
 

Went out today to blow the cobwebs off and when I stopped I noticed brake fluid dripping from the rear caliper :barfy:

It would appear that the rear caliper piston seal on one side had burst and not only had the piston melted on to what was left of the pad (are the pistons ceramic or plastic?) but also one half of the caliper had ground it self on the rear disc. :barfy: :barfy:

Problem I now have is a) shagged caliper b) shagged disc and c) shagged pads

Before I shell out on a new Brembo rear caliper, disc and pads, are there any other better options available that will not require me to sell a kidney to buy?

Any info (or offers of said Brembo caliper) gratefully received!

PS. The brake fluid has also left marks on my Marchesini wheels. My wife couldn't see them and told me I was being anal, but now I now they are there... :flame:

breaker or flea bay

Found one on Ebay for £45 which I thought was a bargain. Had images of a £300+ bill!!!

Any thoughts on wavy rear discs?

Fashion or useful (considering that Duke rear brakes appear to be pants anyway)?

L3OONY,

Sorry to hear of your prob. Sounds painfull.

Re. the Rear Wavey disks. I have one of the Braking items on my '01 748R and have to say it's a vast improvement Vs standard for a mere £60. You won't regret it.

Guido

Guido>

Are you running the stock caliper and pads?

Guido,

Cheers for the info.

Where would I find one of these, and as Moto748 mentioned, are you using standard caliper and pads?

Harris Performance will sell the exact same unit for £44.01 + vat including brake pads - sounds like a bargain to me!

Chaps,

Yup, running stock 748R caliper but have since moved to SBS pads. Bendix, Carbon Lorraine will work equally as well.

So far as sources for the Brakings.........

Try Talon Engineering. They're the UK distributor for Braking Wave Disks http://www.talon-eng.co.uk/

Rhencullen do them too although I found Talon had a better stock so I got the one's for my 748R straight away whereas with Rhencullen, I'd have had to get them ordered in (no doubt from Talon anyway).

and a close-up of the rear

glad its not just me who thinks the rear brakes useless

mmmmmmmm how much did you say a rear wavy was,wonder what i can sell to buy one !!!!!!!

funny that I went out last sunday and my rear brake stuck on :o


Seems fault is with a non returning master cylinder :(

Yet more expence :lol:

I had my rear brake stick on a while ago, it was the master cyclinder not returning fully to relieve the pressure.

Can't blame the bike tho cos it turned out to be just adjusted wrong.
All has been working well since nelly got his paws on it tho.

[Edited on 27-3-2005 by NBs996]

Yet mine works fine, I can lock it up at will.

Great for those slow, tight corners.

Thanks Guido.

As the new caliper comes loaded with what I assume will be Brembo pads, are there any anticipated problems with these pads or do I need to change them for something else?

:puzzled::puzzled::puzzled:

[Edited on 27-3-2005 by L3OONY]

Just ordered a caliper from Harris Performance for £44.01 + vat and will be here tomorrow.

It was £75 + vat from a Ducati dealer and was going to take 7-10 days

"Cost of franchise" makes a massive difference to the price of things!

Now on to Talon to try and get the disc... :burn:

Is there are rear brake on these things?

:lol::lol::lol:

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..and now a further £78 for the rear disc...

Am haemorrhaging money

:barfy:

You'd be just as well off with a bit of wood I reckon.

Lighter too :D

...and would have smelled a lot better as it started to overheat

;)

£78?

Guido said at the top of the thread "a mere £60"

Have they gone up already?

I know!

Oh well, "a fool and his money..." (as my mother likes to keep pointing out!)

Guess thats inflation for you - wish my wages increased as quickly!

Guess they must have done....Usual story when something gets more popular

The £78 did include p&p...

Disc arrived and very pretty indeed!

Thanks for the advice :burn:


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Earlier in this thread someone mentioned a sticking rear master cylinder.

My manual shows one but not how to deal with it if its sticking.

I haven't actually been and looked at it yet, but are there any words of wisdom as to how to unstick it, and also stop it from happening again?

Thanks

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