While I was riding today I heard a sound coming from my rear brakes that sounded like the pads were rubbing so I took the rear brakes off and tried to see if a rock was in their or something and they won't go back out far enough to go back on. They still go in when I press the rear brake pedal but they do not go back out far enough so that they dont rub. Does anyone have an idea what I need to do to fix this?

 

Is your parking brake cable pinched or twisted some where ?

 

My kfx400 squeekd loudly off the show room floor for months and now it has just about gone away.

 

Sounds like parking brake problem to me too.

 

alright thanks i'll check out the parking brake.

 

i had the same problem once before. to fix it just unadjust ur parking brake. that allows u to push in the master cylinder more and then ur brakes should fit on.
vinnie u cant even fix ur own z400 hahaha
thats okay though i got pulled over on mine and i got three tickets. 1 for being underage, 1 for not having insurance and riding on the road, and this is the good one -1 for driving excess of 80miles an hour on the road.

 

Nice kohler i'm sure ur parents were thrilled about that.

 

I am currently a mechanic working on various vhicles some with sqeeky brakes. Cars that come in with problem are fairly easy to correct.
- Remove brake caliper.
- Remove brake pads from calpier.
- Clean up caliper and brake pads.
- Place a small amount of heat resistant grease on all the parts of the pads that come in to contact with the capliper. Carefull not to put any on break pad surface!!!
- Replace all parts as removed.

This should solve the problem of your sqeeky brake(s).