Triumphrat

Crackon

My rear sprocket bearing went in the first couple of hundred miles. Done under warranty, fortunately.

macca47

Rear brake

klem

macca47
What was wrong with it?????

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KLEM KADIDDLEHOPPA

macca47

Pads were very badly worn , only 5500 km also the piston is quite slow to retract so pads are on order and ill take the caliper off tomorrow and pull it apart to see what i can find
cheers

PAAS

Because of the position of the caliper they get covered in crap and it's not unusual for the piston to become a bit sticky or even seized, hence the tendency to eat rear pads on occasions.

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Paul.

Herts. UK
Aubergine & White 05 T100 (865cc) with numerous mods.
(Previously Ducati Monster S4 and several UJMs)

macca47

the final update on this saga
rear disc replaced
rear caliper overhauled with new pistons [ scuffing marks on old ones] new seals fitted
new brake fluid
new pads [ metal gear]
and still the grinding noise would come and go so today i fitted genuine triumph brake pads [actually SBS] and on measuring both sets found the metal gear pads were 1mm thicker so no wonder the pistons would not retract all the way in as there was an extra 2 mm of brake pad to compensate for !
oh well its all good now and a lesson learnt