I Lost My Front Brakes And Found Some New Skills!

[AZRickD]

A silver lining.

[BLD]

You got that right AZRickD! Thanks to some good friends and a great hardware selection at the local big box store, I now have new fluid in the lines and all the air has been squeezed out! I can hardley believe they had the exact screws I needed in a multi-pak. See attached pic below if you have a stripped screw in your Nissin front master (2013 XC300). BTW I used an EZ out to pull the stripped screw.

[RBrider]

Originally Posted by BLD

You got that right AZRickD! Thanks to some good friends and a great hardware selection at the local big box store, I now have new fluid in the lines and all the air has been squeezed out! I can hardley believe they had the exact screws I needed in a multi-pak. See attached pic below if you have a stripped screw in your Nissin front master (2013 XC300). BTW I used an EZ out to pull the stripped screw.

Good job.

It took me a bit to get the front brake working well on my '01 XC200 after I purchased it, but it was well worth it. It is very strong yet smooth & easily modulated (I may have invented a word there) on big downhills.

RB

[SS109]

I experienced the opposite once. I lost my rear brakes due to a defective set of pads which allow the friction material to separate. I trail brake as part of my normal riding technique so this was really woke me up as I was entering a high speed turn! I was way out from our staging area and rode it out. At first I was really slow as I'm used to using both and not having the rear felt completely foreign to me. However, as I rode, I got faster and faster until I was riding at a really good clip. It was nice to learn how fast I could go on the front brake alone but I don't wish to do it again!