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SCARY BRAKES ON 2003 500s

Old Oct 27, 2003 | 11:53 AM
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Man i dont know about you guys i thought arctic cat re-vamped their brakes on their newer bikes my brakes sometimes work well, other times i'm pumping them to be able to stop. Also when thier wet they make this God awful noise like some animal dieing. I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem and what you did to fix it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img]
 
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Old Oct 28, 2003 | 12:30 AM
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mine is the same.
i just started to apply the brakes early.
i had my dealer go over my whole bike and they even bled the brakes for me and it still dose it.
i think thats why they went to a seprate master cylender on the rear.
one master for three brakes dosent cut it.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2003 | 12:39 PM
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Ya your probably right! Thanks for the help!!!
 
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Old Oct 31, 2003 | 11:25 PM
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He's wrong (no offense) my brakes are the same way on my 400i. The way you can fix it is to jack it up and wiggle the wheels. if any of them (accept the one without a disc) are loose that is what is wrong.the disk can slap the pads and push fluid back to the master cylinder causing you to have to pump them back up.if you have a loose wheel then you should put in a new bearing and then bleed the brakes really well. that will fix the problem.
 
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