Removing break pads - 03 gsxr 750

**slinky** · 6th November 2007, 13:18

I'm having trouble undoing the allen bolt that holds the break pads in - it just won't budge. I've tried holding the allen key with an adjustable cresent to get some leverage - but it just slipps, so no luck.
Am i missing something? Is there something else i should be undoing first? i can't see anything obvious.
Bikes done about 15,000 kms - and i think they are the original pads.

Any suggestions on why its so tight - or how to get it undone.

last resort is to take it to a shop, but i've just recently moved to melbourne and haven't sorted out a reliable(by reference) shop to take it to.

EDIT - NEXT QUESTIONS. - 07/11/2007

ok - after a few taps and sticking one of the hollow pipes from the tool kit over it, it eventually cracked. Only to find i had miss-read the markers, the brakes still have some meet on them.

BUT. I was taking them off because at low speed and braking lightly they were making a screech/wrench noise. When i took the cover off to check how much meat they had on them i found that one of them was moving(when the brakes are NOT applied). And just last night i found that the others slightly move aswell, but the first one significantly more then the others. The movement is perhaps upto 1 mil horizontal, and maybe 3-5 mils vertical(pivoting on the allen bolt running through the top)

Is this normal? Is it anything to worry about?
There aren't any shims - should there be?

**Cajun** · 6th November 2007, 13:21

well see if you can get an allen key socket and try it, but it shouldn't be that tight, have you made sure the calpier is bolted to forks and tried loosing it there before taking it off the forks?

**nodrog:Me** · 6th November 2007, 13:38

check that it doesnt have a circlip on the otherside, i know that on my RSVR it wasnt actually a bolt, it was just a pin with a circlip on the other end, cant remember what it is like on my GSXR.

**slinky** · 6th November 2007, 15:37

Originally Posted by Cajun

well see if you can get an allen key socket and try it, but it shouldn't be that tight, have you made sure the calpier is bolted to forks and tried loosing it there before taking it off the forks?

Now you have confused me? I'm not removing the whole brake caliper, just removing the brake pads.

**Cajun** · 6th November 2007, 15:38

Originally Posted by slinky

Now you have confused me? I'm not removing the whole brake caliper, just removing the brake pads.

well to get the pads out you will need to take the calpier off the bike.
to get at them

**slinky** · 6th November 2007, 15:40

Originally Posted by nodrog

check that it doesnt have a circlip on the otherside, i know that on my RSVR it wasnt actually a bolt, it was just a pin with a circlip on the other end, cant remember what it is like on my GSXR.

I had a look for something else and couldn't see anything, but ill double check tonight and make sure that i haven't missed anything.

**slinky** · 6th November 2007, 15:42

Originally Posted by Cajun

well to get the pads out you will need to take the calpier off the bike.
to get at them

ah i see - so i can't just drop the pads out?
will i need to completely remove the caliper or just loosen it?

**dhunt** · 6th November 2007, 15:42

Originally Posted by slinky

I'm having trouble undoing the allen bolt that holds the break pads in - it just won't budge. I've tried holding the allen key with an adjustable cresent to get some leverage - but it just slipps, so no luck.
Am i missing something? Is there something else i should be undoing first? i can't see anything obvious.
Bikes done about 15,000 kms - and i think they are the original pads.

Any suggestions on why its so tight - or how to get it undone.

last resort is to take it to a shop, but i've just recently moved to melbourne and haven't sorted out a reliable(by reference) shop to take it to.

I'm pretty sure that the 750 is the same as the 600's. So just the one allen bolt. All I can suggest is try tapping your allen key with a hammer. Or as canjun suggests get an allex key socket to enable you to get more leverage.

**dhunt** · 6th November 2007, 15:44

Originally Posted by slinky

ah i see - so i can't just drop the pads out?
will i need to completely remove the caliper or just loosen it?

You don't have to do this but it can make life a little easier. I've not bothered but what you'll need to do is push the pistons back in order to get the fatter (new) pads in.

**slinky** · 6th November 2007, 15:56

Originally Posted by dhunt

I'm pretty sure that the 750 is the same as the 600's. So just the one allen bolt. All I can suggest is try tapping your allen key with a hammer. Or as canjun suggests get an allex key socket to enable you to get more leverage.

Originally Posted by dhunt

You don't have to do this but it can make life a little easier. I've not bothered but what you'll need to do is push the pistons back in order to get the fatter (new) pads in.

Unfortunately my tools are limited to the suzuki tool kit that came with the bike, but im sure i can find something else to tap the allen key with. Otherwise il see if i can find someone who owns some allen sockets.

cheers for your advice guys.