Yamaha 2009 XP500Y TMAX Service Manual page 152

3. Measure:
• Brake pad wear limit "a"
Out of specification → Replace the brake
pads as a set.
Brake pad lining thickness (in-
ner)
8.0 mm (0.31 in)
Limit
0.8 mm (0.03 in)
Brake pad lining thickness (out-
er)
8.0 mm (0.31 in)
Limit
0.8 mm (0.03 in)
4. Install:
• Brake pad supports "1"
• Rear brake pads "2"
• Rear brake caliper bracket "3"
(to brake caliper)
TIP
Always install new brake pads and a new brake
pad supports as a set.
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1
New
New
2
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a. Connect a clear plastic hose "1" tightly to the
bleed screw "2". Put the other end of the hose
into an open container.
b. Loosen the bleed screw, and then turn the
brake caliper piston "3" clockwise until sec-
tion "a" of the brake caliper piston is level with
the surface of the brake caliper body.
TIP
Align the recesses "b" in the brake caliper piston
with the brake caliper body as shown in the illus-
tration.
REAR BRAKE
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2
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