Re: [ST] Brake Pads

["Paul Steinbacher" <psteinbacher@xxxxxxxxx>]

The pads are probably meant for an old style Sprint which had a different
caliper setup. I did this one time also.

Your information on the TPS is interesting. My bike just started doing this.

Paul & Dee
Madd Dawg & Dinky Dawg
1999 Triumph Sprint ST
2000 Buell X1

>     I purchased new rear brake pads from my dealer, getting the official
> (and expensive) Triumph OEM parts. The pad that has the "hook" that loops
> over around the pin is a mirror image of the pad that came out and
obviously
> won't work. I seem to recall a thread about this at one time, but came up
> blank on an archive search. Can anyone enlighten me on this?
>    Also, just for your general information, my '99 ST had developed a
> curious quirk where the idle dropped by about one hundred RPM when I put
it
> in gear, but would increase again if put back into neutral. The mechanic
> (apparently correctly) diagnosed it as a misadjusted throttle position
> sensor, which required elongating the mount holes to get into specs as the
> part is not adjustable. He said that he'd never seen the problem before
and
> had to call Triumph to get the specs on the sensor as the manual doesn't
> provide that information, but his fix worked and the problem is gone.
>    They also replaced my erratic, but not leaking, original fuel sender
> while it was there. So far, so good. Fingers crossed on that one.
>
> Scott Summerhays



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