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Rear brake replacement 2008 Honda Rancher 420

4.4K views 17 replies 6 participants last post by  shadetree  
#1 ·
I purchased my ATV in November and I've always thought that the back brake was terrible, so today I decided to dig into it. Keep in mind that this is my first ATV, and I really don't know what I'm doing. :)
I took some pictures with my phone that I'll upload in a few minutes.

The brakes were absolutely soaked! And mold everywhere. The cover assembly had been sealed to the panel, and in none of the youtube videos that I watched, did I see this on anyone else's. It was a huge pain to get off, and I did beat up the aluminum brake panel in the process. While I've got it off, I thought I'd see if there was anything else I should look at prior to purchasing parts and putting it back together.

On a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being the worst), how bad is this?
 
#8 ·
I would replace the aluminum plate, it's 65 dollars new and it's looks like you a new bearing with it and dust seal that you should replace anyways, there is a oring that goes around the part where you have chips that seals up with drum when it goes back on. Someone must have put some kind of sealer or gasket maker on there that doesn't need to be on there.