Frozen rear brake pedal....has it happened to you?

[Impala400]

Well I spent some quality time with my 400EX, and when doing my brakes i noticed that the rear pedal was frozen/stiff. I had to remove it and clean the hole out and lub it up....has anyone else experienced this? and is it common the bike is only a year old bought last december. do i need to add a grease nipple or something to keep this from happening again? all input welcome unless you tell me to remove my rear brakes :)

PS oil changes in winter are a pain in the ***** takes like and hour a bottle.....cold oil=molassous

[250exen]

happenes to me all the time in the winter. just gotta let it thaw and youl be fine..:D

[Impala400]

i heated it up and took it out, then re greased it with brake syn-grease. it should hold up nicly.

[SGA]

Yep, honda is skimpy on the grease when they put them together. Mine needed greasing in about a year.
Always warm the engine up before changing the oil. This allows it to drain much better.

[Impala400]

its not the draining it was the filling i can't warm fluid in a bottle by running the engine now can I :D

[SGA]

Originally posted by Impala400
its not the draining it was the filling i can't warm fluid in a bottle by running the engine now can I :D
DOH!!!:blah

[Stevie-D]

its not the draining it was the filling i can't warm fluid in a bottle by running the engine now can I
why not just keep it in the house til youre ready to use it?:confused:

do i need to add a grease nipple or something to keep this from happening again
that would be called a "zerk":p

[cabex]

yeah have had it where I go driving in the snow then I go inside for a while to warm up and when I get on my quad to go again I can;t move! My brakes have frozen! it kinda sucks

[sly400ex]

May sound stupid, but what i did before was fill a bucket up with hot water and let the bottles warm up for about 20 mins.....Oil poured out nice and easy!!!.......I know, I'm weird.:rolleyes:

[Impala400]

that what i was thinking about doing to the second bottle but i was running out of day light.

You guys are luckey! mine had rusted in there and i bent it to he!! trying to get it out.now i grease her every time i change the oil(20hrs) along with the steering stem and shock mounts. It was kinda stupid of me because when my brake pedel wouldent come up i thought it was the spring. HHAHAHA what a idiot I was or ..well....still am heh

[Impala400]

If it stiffens up on me again i am adding a grease nipple

[HiperEX]

ever herd of a hair blower i think that would do the trick

[Impala400]

ever herd of a BLOW TORCH :blah

[Leo]

Mine froze up, but not from cold.. it got dirt / corrosion in there..

Like the other guy said, pop it off when you change the oil and clean / lube the pivot..

All those guys complaining about rear brake pads not lasting should give it a try :D

Leo

[Impala400]

haha yea...i don;t think mine was from cold but the torch helped to pull it out.