Front Brake Pad Changeout on a 2012 R1200RT
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2019
- Changing the brake pads on a 2012 R1200RT; simple and with just a few tools.
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I didn´t know it was that easy to replace the brake pads. I need to replace my pads as well before the coming season. So this was a very usefull video :-) Thanks for sharing.
Very good video. When I did mine I replaced the caliper first, then installed the pads and let the rotor hold the pads in place when replacing the rest of the hardware.
Thanks....there are dozens of ways to change pads. I've even seen people remove the tire. For me it was not needed. Glad things worked for you.
Nice! 👍👍 When the time comes, I may just do this on my 2010. Dealer parts and labor prices are eating heavily into my adventure budget.
It's super simple...I did the back brake too...never even removed the caliper for that one. I just pulled the pin, pads drop out, new pads slide in, reinsert the pin. Even though there are a lot more electronics, I still find BMWs simple to work on. I did jam up on one part...til, DUH, I figured out I needed to run the gs911 brake bleed test. I inadvertently sucked in air when I was bleeding the brake line and no matter how much I squeezed the air out and had nothing but fluid (seemingly) in the line, the lever was still soft. I then recalled that one needs to run that program...Basically, it lets you squeeze out air that is trapped in the ABS. As it seems, there is no way to get it out of the ABS unless you run the program. And, I also discovered when the program says to squeeze the brake lever for 2 seconds and repeat 2 more times over the 10-second test, I had to get really aggressive with the squeezing. So, I imagine I squeezed the lever pretty fast and hard about 5 times over the 10 seconds. Only then could I get the air out. I ran the test 3 more times until no more air expelled in the fluid reservoir. Only then was the lever was good and solid, nothing squishy about it now..firm as heck. The total cost was about $100 for three sets of pads (2 sets upfront; 1 in the back). The copper anti-seize was $8 and I had a new quart if DOT 4 fluid on hand. Now that my bikes are all off warranty I do my own maintenance.
Solid! Yup, it's winter here on Long Island too. See you out there sometime.
I moved back home to Montana and now I wait for spring riding. Be safe!
Word of caution, although you only very lightly applied Thread Lube to the Caliper Mounting Screws care should be taken when torqueing to the originally quoted Manual Setting as a lubed thread can be overtightened by up to 25%.
Thanks!
Thanks
Great job!!!. Thank you
Thx. One just needs to dive in.
Doing mine tomorrow
2011 r1200rt
Getting the 4 pistons compressed was a real chore for me. Any advice out there?
I’ve not had difficult pistons on the bike, but for my car, I have opened the bleed valve and squeezed them. Once, I also had to use a c-clamp to compress the piston.