Hey, just wanted to ask the masses before I make this harder than it has to be. My rear brake pedal is stiff, really stiff. Like I have to stand up and put all my weight on the pedal to lock up the rear. I checked all the linkage, good. The pads don't drag or anything. I was gonna go through it all and check it out, new fluids, bleed the system, yadda yadda yadda. Just wondering if there's anything I should check first.

p.s.- it's a 94 900rr. Also, last year right before I put it away, I accidentally got the spacers mixed up when I was putting up the rear, and the rotor dragged on the caliper bracket. It looked like some of the aluminum (or whatever material) got worn away and the pads had a little coating on them. So I sanded off the excess aluminum on the pads. Would this have anything to do with it?

 

buy new fluid and bleed it. if you dont know how to bleed brakes correctly have someone show you because you'll only make it worse

 

yeah that's number one on the list, I know how to bleed them. I just never had this problem before. I've only had to bleed the brakes when they're spongy, not stiff.

 

pick up new pads, change fluid, if still crappy then change the rotor, get one from ebay

 

The pads are probably junk. Once they heat up alot they get glazed and they wont do much after that.

 

ditto

you glaze your pads and they will be junk

 

we had that problem on an f2. didn't have any brake pressure, but the pedal was super stiff. we bled them a couple times to flush out the old junk and then they worked fine.

 

It was the pads and the rotor. Scuffed them up again real good, and it was back to normal after a quick test run