Rear brake wear indicator - clarify please!

PrivatePilot · 03-18-2016, 12:23 AM

Hey everyone. Getting my wifes 250 ready to go for certification before we plate and insure it. Haven't yet had the rear wheel off (it needs new rubber front and back) but I'm wondering if I'm going to need new shoes or not - it certainly does need new front pads, they're down to little wafers.

From what I've gathered the rear shoes last forever and a day. The bike has only a little under 16,000 Kilometers (about 10K miles) on it. The wear indicator, is it the line through the shaft that is the alignment point on the shaft side to measure in relation to the wear indicator stamped on the brake cover itself?

See the photos:

Brakes Released

Brakes Applied

Should I save the $25 on the shoes order? If I'm interpreting things right I've got plenty of shoe left hidden in there.

03-18-2016, 12:23 AM	#1
PrivatePilot Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 5	Rear brake wear indicator - clarify please! Hey everyone. Getting my wifes 250 ready to go for certification before we plate and insure it. Haven't yet had the rear wheel off (it needs new rubber front and back) but I'm wondering if I'm going to need new shoes or not - it certainly does need new front pads, they're down to little wafers. From what I've gathered the rear shoes last forever and a day. The bike has only a little under 16,000 Kilometers (about 10K miles) on it. The wear indicator, is it the line through the shaft that is the alignment point on the shaft side to measure in relation to the wear indicator stamped on the brake cover itself? See the photos: Brakes Released Brakes Applied Should I save the $25 on the shoes order? If I'm interpreting things right I've got plenty of shoe left hidden in there. __________________ - Mark, Ontario Canada -- VTX1300 (mine) --- GZ250 (wife) Login or Register to Remove Ads Last edited by PrivatePilot; 03-18-2016 at 12:26 AM.
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