Hello, John Talley here with Partzilla.com.
Today I'm gonna show you how to replace the front brakes on our 2007 Yamaha Grizzly YFM700.
Really simple to do, just need to get it lifted up, get the front tires off, then we'll dive
into it.
But first, lets walk over to the table and talk about the tools and the parts you're
going to need to pull this off.
So let's go.
Alright, this is going to be a skill level one, so accordingly, there's not that many
tools you're going to need to pull this off either.
On the socket side, just need a 12 and a 17mm.
Then you're going to need a 5mm Allen and a decent flatblade screwdriver.
Good ratchet, and as always, a good torque wrench.
Now, if you would, pay attention to our parts diagrams because there's actually a difference
in between the right and the left side brake pads.
So you want to make sure you order quantity one of both sides.
So, once you've got your tools and your parts together, we can go over there and I can walk
you though it, so let's go.
So we've got our front tires off and it's actually a 17mm nut.
When w go to put it back on it's gonna be right at 40 foot-pounds to get it retorqued.
Alright, to get these swapped out, we actually need to remove the caliper housing itself,
but before we do that there is actually a cap here on the end that I want to go ahead
and take off and loosen up this pin which will make it easier because it's still attached
to the control arm here.
Don't have to pull it all the way out, just loosen it up a tick.
Now, we're going to go for these two 12mm head bolts here and right up here.
Now we can slide the caliper off.
And these were in okay shape.
They could have gone a few more miles, but that's not why we're here is it?
We want to show you how to replace them.
Alright, before we actually pull the pin out and get the pads to release, I want to go
ahead and just use a large flat-blade screwdriver, put it in between the pads-- because I'm not
planning on reusing them so it won't matter-- and I want to go ahead and turn it, that way
we can compress the cylinder back inside the caliper itself.
Now, we can remove that 5mm pin that's actually going through the brake pads.
Slide it through, and we just lift them out.
Go ahead and clean out any mud that happens to be stuck in here.
Before we put it back together, want to take a peek at the brake rotor.
I can see some wear on it, but it's nothing that substantial.
I can't even feel an edge on the inside, so, she's good to go.
There's no reason to replace it.
It doesn't look warped as I spin it around, so I'd say we're good to go.
So we've got our brake pads, and I hope you were paying attention to our exploded diagrams
because believe it or not on this particular machine they're different from left to right.
So the ones we want end in 0-0.
The right side end in 1-0.
So we're going to put them over there so I don't confuse the two.
Putting them back on is just the reverse of what I did to take them off.
Now we're pushing against this little spring right here, and we can reinsert the pin.
We'll wait until we get the assembly mounted back to the hub before we torque it down.
Now, just want to open them up, slide it back over our rotor, and put in our two mounting
bolts.
Okay, they're just hand-tight, so now let's get out our torque wrench and tighten everything
down.
Okay our mounting bolts are going to be 22 foot-pounds, our pins are going to be 12,
and then that cap is going to be 3.
Piece of cake.
Now let's jump over and do the other side.
Guys it's the same procedure, so let's rip through this.
All we have to do now is get the tires back on and torque them down.
Remember we're taking these to 40 foot-pounds.
Well alright guys, that wraps up this little project.
Well listen, if you need these parts or any other parts for your machine, why don't you
come see us at Partzilla and we can get you taken care of.
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