99 5th Gen handling effected after break pad change

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    Benjaminfloralimage New Member

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    Hi guys,

    I'm new here and looking for some advise.

    I recently got a professional to change all my break pads on my 99 Vfr.

    I took it out for a long ride (200 miles) shortly after and the breaks seem bedded in well when I returned.

    Today I took the bike around the block after it being sat in my garage for a couple of weeks and I noticed the handling at low speed was off.

    It felt like the bike wanted to pull me to one direction. Almost like the handle bars would tank slap to one side it I didn't keep them straight.

    I checked the disks and the only thing I noticed is that there was some black oil like substance (not a lot) on my front left disk.

    Could the pads have been fitted incorrectly? I'm worried about riding at normal speeds as it really feels like the handling is off.

    All advise welcome. I am not mechanically minded at all. This is my second vrf 99 and I had no issues with the other one.
     
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    Did they rebuild the slave cylinders? It sounds like one of them blew out. Needs to get fixed and the disk needs to be clean and probably pads replaced again.
     
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    consider taking it back to the tech who did the brake work.......and you checked front tire psi too, right ? check your forks for oil leaks.
     
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    Thanks for the advise guys.

    No rebuild to the slave cylinders. He just replaced the pads and the bottom pin that holds everything in place.

    Looks like a trip (at slow speed) back to the shop is needed!
     
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    you'll need to ask him to ride it.
     
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    I doubt this can be related to the brakes, my guess is the fork legs just need to be aligned on the axle properly. Leave the axle nut tight, but loosen both axle clamps. Give the forks some vigorous up and down pumping, then retighten the clamps. It is possible when re-fitting the axle to push the left fork leg in towards the wheel and clamp it there, which effectively makes the wheel sit slightly more to the left of the bike so it wants to fall slightly to the right.

    Have a look at this video, it may explain things better.

     
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