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Rear Brake Pad Change ABS Light

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#1 ·
Hi

I have just changed my rear brake pads on my 2013 STR. This also involved changing a bit of rubber on back brake that involved taking the wheel off. In fact I wanted to give things a bit of a clean and get the brake off anyway. I've put everything back together and the ABS light is flashing, I've got it on my paddock stand and the light doesn't stop flashing above 10 mph, but the brake does seem to work. I unscrewed the ABS sensor when I took the brake off as I didn't want to damage it, maybe I indvertantly have...

Another issue I've just noticed is that the wheel just doesn't feel like it's gone on as well as it came off. Now when I tighten up the rear axle bolt the turning of the wheel just gets stiffer and stiffer. When turning the wheel if 'partly' loose, you go round and you can feel a bit of a klunk, as if there is something it's getting caught on in one spot.

Any help or advise would be great.

Thanks

Adam
 
#2 ·
It sounds like you might have left a wheel spacer off, or maybe installed them incorrectly. Double check that. You don't want to ride without those being installed correctly. I don't know about the clunk. Absent any other problems, the ABS light might be flashing because both wheels aren't spinning while it is on your paddock stand.
 
#4 ·
BKK JACK could have nailed it with the spacers. If your spacers were installed incorrectly, the space between the sensor and the pulse ring could be incorrect...as "airjawed" mentioned.

I remember it not being a simple task my first time round, with getting the spacers on.


Hope you get it sorted.
 
#5 ·
I was intrigued by the behavior of the ABS light as reported by the OP, so this morning, I put my 2013 on the paddock stand, fired it up, dropped it in gear and let it run a bit. I got the speedometer up to reading well over the 5-6mph at which my ABS light goes out, but it keeps flashing.

Based on that, I would say that the reported behavior of the ABS light by the OP is likely caused by the fact that both wheels aren't spinning up to the required speed to enable the ABS system.
 
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