UPDATE***Rear disc grinding Do-it-Yourself UPDATE***
#21
06-07-2009, 05:27 PM
Im no expert, but I'd imagine that the disk gets hotter when actually being clamped on by the pads in use than by your sanding.
I'd think that at 14k miles a new brake disk would be required. the old one might be too thin and so prone to warping. Maybe your new pads are high friction or something and generate more heat..?
good luck w/a solution.
~Steve
I'd think that at 14k miles a new brake disk would be required. the old one might be too thin and so prone to warping. Maybe your new pads are high friction or something and generate more heat..?
good luck w/a solution.
~Steve
#25
06-07-2009, 06:35 PM
Deej
If you're gonna get a used disc you'd be best served getting one from Ebay for a KDX200-220 (1995-2006). The KDX/KLX disc's are listed as the same part number from the parts diagram and the KDX disc should have alot more life left on it because it's not used as much as the KLX street legal bike. Here are a few on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kawas...Q5fAccessories
Here's a new aftermarket pad and rotor set for $55.95:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KAWAS...Q5fAccessories
If you're gonna get a used disc you'd be best served getting one from Ebay for a KDX200-220 (1995-2006). The KDX/KLX disc's are listed as the same part number from the parts diagram and the KDX disc should have alot more life left on it because it's not used as much as the KLX street legal bike. Here are a few on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kawas...Q5fAccessories
Here's a new aftermarket pad and rotor set for $55.95:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KAWAS...Q5fAccessories
#26
06-08-2009, 12:48 AM
Update! My rear brake is pulsating pretty bad now. As I come to a stop now the last 20 feet gives you a surge in the brake. I think the disc is warped. Anyone got one laying around? Where is a good link to get a new one. I must have heated the thing up too much when I tried the home method of grinding/sanding. I guess not everything works out as planned. But this is changing the way I split the breaking and I don't want to unlearn a bad habit. Any thoughts? Links to a new disc? Thanks guys.
Unbolt that disk from your bike and take it to your local auto brake repair shop / machine shop and get it "turned" ..... like you should have the first time.
It'll be fine, an cost ya $10 or $15.
Edit: Unbolt the front and get it turned too. And buy some good brake pads to go with it.
Last edited by Finger Mullet; 06-08-2009 at 12:53 AM.
#27
06-08-2009, 06:25 AM
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Location: Washington
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These are good pads, and I live too far away from a shop that can turn these things. I bet the nearest one is 3 hrs away. I would spend more in gas that I would just ordering a new one. Seriously I think what happened is that I heated the rotor up too much and took out the temper. then the new harder pads probably finished it off for me. So I'm screwed now. But I wanted to let anyone know before they tried this on their own. Lesson learned.
#28
06-08-2009, 06:28 AM
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Washington
Posts: 21,060
Im no expert, but I'd imagine that the disk gets hotter when actually being clamped on by the pads in use than by your sanding.
I'd think that at 14k miles a new brake disk would be required. the old one might be too thin and so prone to warping. Maybe your new pads are high friction or something and generate more heat..?
good luck w/a solution.
~Steve
I'd think that at 14k miles a new brake disk would be required. the old one might be too thin and so prone to warping. Maybe your new pads are high friction or something and generate more heat..?
good luck w/a solution.
~Steve
#29
06-08-2009, 07:20 AM
These are good pads, and I live too far away from a shop that can turn these things. I bet the nearest one is 3 hrs away. I would spend more in gas that I would just ordering a new one. Seriously I think what happened is that I heated the rotor up too much and took out the temper. then the new harder pads probably finished it off for me. So I'm screwed now. But I wanted to let anyone know before they tried this on their own. Lesson learned.
No Way!! Really?
#30
06-08-2009, 07:25 AM
I know your dealer is local ... can't they turn them.
This isn't rocket science here ..... and your sanding did not change the tempor of the metal.
This isn't rocket science here ..... and your sanding did not change the tempor of the metal.