Motorcycle BMW R1150RT. Manual - part 64

Checking blow-by clearance of piston rod ......................................................................................... 13
Adjusting blow-by clearance at piston rod ......................................................................................... 13

Checking and adjusting setting of rear brake light switch

.......................................... 14

Checking setting of brake light switch, rear ....................................................................................... 14
Adjusting brake light switch, rear ....................................................................................................... 14

Removing and installing piston in brake-lever fitting

............................................. 14

Removing and installing Integral ABS pressure modulator

................................ 15

Removing Integral ABS pressure modulator

.................................................................... 15

Installing Integral ABS pressure modulator

....................................................................... 16

Draining the Integral ABS brake system

...................................................................... 17

Drain both wheel circuits

........................................................................................................... 17

Draining front wheel circuit ................................................................................................................ 17
Draining rear wheel circuit ................................................................................................................. 18

34 Brakes

34.2

Contents

Page

Draining control circuits

............................................................................................................. 19

Draining front control circuit .............................................................................................................. 19
Draining rear control circuit ............................................................................................................... 19

Filling and bleeding Integral ABS system

.....................................................................20

Filling and bleeding control circuits

......................................................................................20

Filling the front control circuit  ............................................................................................................20
Bleeding front control circuit  .............................................................................................................21
Filling the rear control circuit  .............................................................................................................22
Bleeding the rear control circuit .........................................................................................................22

Filling and bleeding wheel circuits

........................................................................................24

Filling and bleeding front wheel circuit  ...............................................................................................24
Instructions for filling front wheel circuit reservoir  ..............................................................................26
Filling and bleeding rear wheel circuit  ................................................................................................27
Instructions for filling rear wheel circuit reservoir  ...............................................................................29

Integral ABS
Reading fault memory with BMW MoDiTeC

.................................................................30

Integral ABS
Performing bleed test with BMW MoDiTeC

..................................................................30

Integral ABS
Removing and installing bleed lines, wheel circuit reservoirs

..........................31

Integral ABS: Removing and installing brake lines

..................................................32

Installed position of front brake line

......................................................................................33

Installed position of rear brake line

.......................................................................................34

34.3

Technical Data 34 Brakes

R 1150 RT

Brake fluid

DOT 4

Front wheel

Type

Hydraulically operated twin disc brake with 4-pis-
ton fixed calipers and floating brake discs

Colour of identification mark on brake
calipers/brake pads

white

Brake pad lining

Sintered metal

Minimum lining thickness

mm (in) 1.0 (0.0393 in)

Brake pad surface area

(sq in) 86 (13.33)

Brake disc dia.

mm (in) 320 (12.5987)

Brake disc thickness

mm (in) 5.0 (0.1969)

Minimum thickness of brake discs

mm (in) 4.5 (0.1771)

Permissible lateral runout

mm (in) 0.15 (0.0059)

Piston dia. in brake caliper

mm (in) 32/36 (1.2599/1.4173)

Piston dia. in handlebar lever cylinder

mm (in) 16 (0.6299)

Rear wheel

Type

Hydraulically operated disc brake with 2-piston
floating caliper and fixed disc

Brake pad lining

Sintered metal

Minimum lining thickness

mm (in) 1.0 (0.0393) (If the brake disc is visible through

the bore in the wheel-side brake pad, the brake
lining is worn to its minimum permissible thick-
ness)

Brake pad surface area

(sq in) 33.8 (5.23)

Brake disc dia.

mm (in) 276 (10.8661)

Brake disc thickness

mm (in) 5.0 (0.1968)

Minimum thickness of brake discs

mm (in) 4.5 (0.1772)

Permissible lateral runout

mm (in) 0.15 (0.0059)

Piston dia. in brake caliper

mm (in) 26/28 (1.0236/1.1023)

Piston dia. in actuating cylinder

mm (in) 13 (0.5118)

BMW Integral ABS

Type

Active fully integral system

Sensor gap, front

mm (in) 0.2...1.7 (0.0079...0.0670) (active sensor)

Sensor gap, rear

mm (in) 0.2...1.7 (0.0079...0.0670) (active sensor)

34.4

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