{"id":77139,"date":"2010-06-03T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T03:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=77139"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:42:10","slug":"bimota-sb3-pad-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20100603\/everyday-events\/bimota-sb3-pad-replacement","title":{"rendered":"Bimota SB3 Pad Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61343742_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61343742_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61343742_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The pads are original equipment too<br \/>\nEven though the disc is Brembo cast iron<br \/>\nThe braking power is weak.<br \/>\nThe friction material hardens over time, you know\u2026<br \/>\nSo I cleaned all three calipers and worked the pistons<br \/>\nJust that alone easily takes an hour.<br \/>\nChamfered the pad surface, cleaned up the pad pins, and assembled<br \/>\nWhen replacing brake pads, it&#8217;s good to clean the disc rotor with brake cleaner<br \/>\nIt rolls better and you&#8217;d be surprised how dirty it gets.<br \/>\nFinally, I vented the tank to atmosphere and we&#8217;re done.<br \/>\nIf you think the fluid is dirty\u2026 it was just a shadow from the black bodywork \u2605<br \/>\nHoo-ray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The pads are original equipment too Even though the disc is Brembo cast iron The braking power is weak. The friction material hardens over time, you know\u2026 So I cleaned all three calipers and worked the pistons Just that alone easily takes an hour. Chamfered the pad surface, cleaned up the pad pins, and assembled When replacing brake pads, it&#8217;s good to clean the disc rotor with brake cleaner It rolls better and you&#8217;d be surprised how dirty it gets. Finally, I vented the tank to atmosphere and we&#8217;re done. If you think the fluid is dirty\u2026 it was just a shadow from the black [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[118,55],"class_list":["post-77139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bimota","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}