fatheadcycles.com/ An in-depth look on how to change the front brake pads on your 08 & up Touring motorcycle. Feel free to follow along as you service your own motorcycle.
Great video just adding a suggestion when removing cap on front brake master cylinder it's a good idea to remove some of brake fluid because when pushing the pistons in on the calipers it may cause brake fluid to overflow
@@FatHeadCycles it looks like you also skipped the part about pushing the pistons back in before removing the old brake pads. Not doing so will lead to a rookie discovering that the new pads won't fit over the rotors, so they could end up damaging the new pads.
Think you said you had 25k on those pads. Do you normally just do pads and not rotors? My bike has 25k and the rotors and they seem almost untouched. Was going to toss some pads on but wasn't sure if I should do the rotors as well. Thoughts?
My FLHX has 30,000 miles on the original brakes and rotors. I just got done replacing the front pads today. The OEM pads were worn about half of the pad compared to the new pads. I only replaced the pads as described in this video. Easy maintenance, no need to take it to a shop. I just test drove the bike to go pick up a 6 pack, all is good.
To my knowledge the abs sensors can be finicky so I’m guessing it’s to give it slack so it doesn’t get tugged around and cause a sensor to on the fritz. Not that it would hurt the bike, if anything it would disable your abs and require a shop to diag and fix unless you know your way around that stuff.
Good video, but I'm assuming this is to teach someone who doesn't already know how to change the pads. No disrespect here, just adding a few points that should be explained to someone who is doing this for the first time. If they followed this, they might be in a little trouble. Removing the master cylinder cap and bleeding the lines is essential, and explain how to do that while old pads are still in place. Then checking the fluid level after squeezing the handbrake is very important. Again, for a beginner, they should know the torque specs for putting the brake caliper bolts and pad pin back on. Ride on Brotha..
"Removing the master cylinder cap and bleeding the lines is essential" Changing the pads doesn't introduce air into the system. I would recommend changing the fluid, and bleeding, but it's not strictly necessary for a pad change.
