GTR booked in for rear brake recall tomorrow does anybody know exactly whats involved as its only a half hour appointment at Kirkcaldy Kawasaki.
Had mine done, if I remember they remove some plate to give clearance and put some modified bit back on, it literally is a belt and braces change that's all.
Alan
Have a look at this if the link works......
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I want to get mine done but the nearest dealer is Ilford or Colchester.
Since I need to get a big service done (51k miles so valves, plugs, everything!) at the same time, I need to be able to book it all on a Saturday.
Once I've ridden to either dealer I am then stuck there all day unless they do a courtesy bike.
Bloody pain since John E. Vines closed down.
How do we know if ours need doing ?
If it needs doing K UK will send you a letter and just book your Gtr into your local dealer and all work carried out for free .... About 30 minute job if that.
Quote from: Rusty on June 16, 2013, 11:47:34 PM
If it needs doing K UK will send you a letter and just book your Gtr into your local dealer and all work carried out for free .... About 30 minute job if that.
Hi
They didnt send me a letter, but mine needs doing and is booked in this Friday.
Told them it was a trike, service manager said as long as the brake master etc is original, and the trike conversion does not make the job harder it will not be a problem.
Quote from: Debs on August 09, 2012, 12:10:43 PM
Here is the recall list.
I have spoken to Bournemouth Kawasaki. They are aware of this and will put a claim in to Kawasaki for the parts.. They are going to inform me when parts arrive so I can have it changed... Whoop whoop..
ZG1400(GTR1400) REAR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER BALL JOINT END RECALL.
DEAR CUSTOMER, PLEASE CHECK THE AFFECTED VIN LIST, SHOULD YOUR UNIT FALL WITHIN THE AFFECTED VIN RANGE,PLEASE CONTACT YOUR NEAREST AUTHORISED KAWASAKI DEALER WHO WILL ASSIST YOU WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE AFFECTED PART.
Eligible units
Model V.I.N Range Remarks
ZG1400A8/A9
JKBZGNA1ã8A005014 thru JKBZGNA1ã8A015150
American System
JKBZGNA1ã9A019004 thru JKBZGNA1ã9A022902
JKBZGT40AAA005009 thru JKBZGT40AAA015140
European System
JKBZGT40AAA019001 thru JKBZGT40AAA022852
ZGT40A-005058 thru ZGT40A-014799
General
ZGT40A-019230 thru ZGT40A-022732
ZG1400B8/B9
JKBZGNB1ã8A005002 thru JKBZGNB1ã8A007582
American System
JKBZGNB1ã9A010002 thru JKBZGNB1ã9A011539
ZG1400CA/CB/CC
JKBZGNC1ãAA000021 thru JKBZGNC1ãAA003757
JKBZGNC1ãBA006001 thru JKBZGNC1ãBA010028 American System
JKBZGNC1ãCA013012 thru JKBZGNC1ãCA017189
JKBZGT40CCA000019 thru JKBZGT40CCA003557
JKBZGT40CCA006017 thru JKBZGT40CCA010044 European System
JKBZGT40CCA013002 thru JKBZGT40CCA017411
ZG1400DA JKBZGND1ãAA000006 thru JKBZGND1ãAA000449 American System
*The above ã symbol indicates this digit number differs from one machine to another.
Richard
Took mine in to M&P in Swansea, few raised eyebrows because its a trike, I pointed out I did tell the guy I booked it in with...
Anyway they did it, took about 30 mins
The brake pedal is now much lower than it was, the first 25mm or so of movement does nothing - just takes up all the free play they left in between the push rod and master, and the push rod lock nut is lose........, all in all :shit:
Dunno if I can be bothered to complain or just sort it out myself, it will take longer to take it down there than it will to do it properly.
I think you'd better sort it yourself Richard, at least that way you know its done correctly :yes:
And then I would complain about the dealers :shit: workmanship
Yep, thats crap. No way should there be 25mm of movement that does nothing....
Having studied it the new part they fitted appears to be too short.
I ended up removing it and adapting a bit from the junk box to do the job, its now perfect, about 2mm of free movement and then brakes.
As far as I can tell all the parts were as Kawa fitted, no mods for the trike.
How much free travel, just taking up the free play between the push rod and the master cylinder, against the return spring pressure does everyone else have?
I got mine done recently and once on the bike, I realised that brake pedal was badly adjusted. When I got home I adjusted it myself and took up all the extra threads on the new part installed. I also have lowering brackets on my footrests too. No big deal really easy job and all sorted now.
Quote from: STMGTR on June 30, 2013, 09:56:29 AM
I got mine done recently and once on the bike, I realised that brake pedal was badly adjusted. When I got home I adjusted it myself and took up all the extra threads on the new part installed. I also have lowering brackets on my footrests too. No big deal really easy job and all sorted now.
On mine if I used the new part and adjusted out the free movement the eye was only on the threaded rod from the master by about 2 threads, and the end of the rod has a flat each side with no thread so I was not happy with this and made up a new part.
Maybe something on mine is non standard
Richard
Sounds like yours has been messed with already Richard maybe during conversion process. Would be interested to see pictures of your trike.