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Please look at the picture of the brake caliber arm and tell me if that is normal if you look at the next picture of the break shoe you will understand why i am asking, thnx
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If that wheel is a 17 inch, its a standard wheel and you have the wrong spacer between the wheel and the caliper bracketIch habe dich nicht gefragt. -
it is standard as far as i know, if i sit the caliber on with out break shoes there is almost twice the room on the piston side as compared with the other side....might explain why the shoes were worn that way, thnx ivan i will see if my manual lists the proper spacer and size1982 XJ1100J MAX ,25.000 milesComment
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I think what he's asking or trying to show.. is the weird brake pads the XJ has on the rear. They come angled like that brand new. If you operate the brake pedal with your hand after they are on, you will see how they work and understand why they built them that way.
Ivan... read better instead of just looking at the pretty pics... XJ1100. They didn't make too many standard or special XJ versions..
the wheels are 16" though.
TodTry your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
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Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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Yeah, the rear MNS pads are made that way too. The floating caliper angles into the rotor. Not sure of the benefit, but it makes it hard to figure out which pads you need when you try to buy new ones!1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
-H. FordComment
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Now he thinks I can read....I think what he's asking or trying to show.. is the weird brake pads the XJ has on the rear. They come angled like that brand new. If you operate the brake pedal with your hand after they are on, you will see how they work and understand why they built them that way.
Ivan... read better instead of just looking at the pretty pics... XJ1100. They didn't make too many standard or special XJ versions.. the wheels are 16" though.
Tod
Ich habe dich nicht gefragt.Comment
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Well.. I didn't want EVERYBODY thinking you were a big dumb gorilla...
TodTry your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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Sure looks to me like you've got a brake pad that is meant for the front cailpers of a Special or XJ. They're bevelled that way right from the get-go.
Can you take another shot or two showing the entire rear caliper, from just s bit further back and a bit more to the right side. I'm pretty sure it should look the same as the rear caliper on all of the other models.Ken TalbotComment
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Like Tod said, the XJ11 uses the same caliper and pads as the R/F of a Special, and it should have the tapered pads. It is not the same as the rear caliper on any other XS11.Comment
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Last edited by CatatonicBug; 05-27-2009, 08:14 AM.1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
-H. FordComment
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wierd brake pads
I have an 82 xj11 and mine are that way too, I read somwhere, on this site possibly, about a strange angle on rear. It seems a odd way to make the bike but at least they put discs on the rear rather than shoes like other yams.82 XJ 1100
98 Magna
past bikes
ST1100
92 Harley FXR built
85 XJ 700 (2)
86 XJ 700XComment
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I've never noticed this before, but I had a look at my XJ shop manual this morning and there it was! Angled pads on the rear. Sure makes me glad my fleet is Standards, Special, and an early Midnight Special.
Ken TalbotComment
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thnx guys, friend called and told me the same thing this morning...what a weird design..1982 XJ1100J MAX ,25.000 milesComment
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I have a special and there is a thread here somewhere from when I rebuilt my front brakes. I asked what in the halibut could cause them to wear like that??? Of course the answer was, the factory, they look brand new!!
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