8 - 8CHASFRONT BRAKE*****************************************************Installation steps: Connect a suitable hose 1 tightly to thebrake caliper bleed screw 2. Put the otherend of this hose into an open container. Loosen the brake caliper bleed screw and,using a finger, push the caliper piston intothe brake caliper. Tighten the brake caliper bleed screw. Install new brake pads, new pad shim 3 anda new brake pad spring. Install the holding bolts and brake caliper.NOTE:The arrow mark a on the pad shim must pointin the direction of the disc rotation.*****************************************************T R..Brake caliper bleed screw:6 Nm (0.6 m • kg, 4.3 ft • lb)T R..Brake pad holding bolt:18 Nm (1.8 m • kg, 13 ft • lb)Brake caliper mounting bolt:30 Nm (3.0 m • kg, 22 ft • lb)3.Check: Brake fluid levelRefer to “CHECKING THE FRONT BRAKEFLUID LEVEL” in CHAPTER 3.4.Check: Brake lever operationSoft or spongy feeling → Bleed the frontbrake system.Refer to “BLEEDING THE HYDRAULICBRAKE SYSTEM” in CHAPTER 3.
