rear brake lever, too much play

If you take a look bear the back of the pedal there is an adjustment screw

Wmac do you have links to the vids? Mine 939 has a lot of play also and I haven't been able to find any vids...Thanks!

I had a lot of play in my rear brake lever as well and it also feels "soft". When I adjusted out the play, the rear brake would start putting pressure on the rotor after a few miles until it was almost locking up and I had to pull over and loosen the brake lever adjuster. I have adjusted it in the garage a few times to still have it lock up after a few miles. To make a long story short, I have had to leave play in the rear lever.

I tried bleeding the rear brake, but it still feels soft. Any suggestions?

CAMM

Note that the rear master cylinder plunger has some free play in it you need to adjust out with the lock nuts on the linkage thing.

Also, you must remove the caliper and rotate it up to properly bleed it so that the bleed valve is vertical.

kuksul08 said:

Note that the rear master cylinder plunger has some free play in it you need to adjust out with the lock nuts on the linkage thing.

Also, you must remove the caliper and rotate it up to properly bleed it so that the bleed valve is vertical.

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That is good information! Highly recommended to follow.
Apparently, the PO of my bike did not know this procedure, and he, along with one or two Ducati mechanics, screwed around with various adjustments on my rear brake to the point where NOTHING helped. Basically, they broke it!

In the end, they had to replace the master cylinder completely and then do the
above procedure correctly to get to perform well. Now, it's fine.

Geeze, I'm going to leave mine alone. It doesn't bother me that much.

Hyp Noob said:

That is good information! Highly recommended to follow.
Apparently, the PO of my bike did not know this procedure, and he, along with one or two Ducati mechanics, screwed around with various adjustments on my rear brake to the point where NOTHING helped. Basically, they broke it!

In the end, they had to replace the master cylinder completely and then do the
above procedure correctly to get to perform well. Now, it's fine.

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Good god, your Ducati mechanics must be very dimwitted to be that incapable of adjusting a brake lever. It isn't that difficult.

monocog007 said:

Good god, your Ducati mechanics must be very dimwitted to be that incapable of adjusting a brake lever. It isn't that difficult.

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It gets worse. In the process of removing the MS ... they stripped out the Alu frame piece where the pedal and other things hang on. Guy used a Rattle Gun,
ruined whole frame piece, which had to be replaced.

Now you guys see why I'm so nervous having these clowns rebuilding the Engine on my Blown Hyper. Their story is an apprentice ruined the brake deal, but the
certified Ducati "Master" will be doing my engine. (they claim the guy is one of just a few actual Ducati Masters in the Bay Area. (I have no idea the veracity of that claim)

Wish me luck ... or PLEASE ... offer any suggestions I can forward to the mech before they dig in. (still awaiting parts ... )

If its been awhile since the brakes were bleed, I would give that a shot too.
did mine when they felt soft. It firmed them up a bit

Hyp Noob said:

It gets worse. In the process of removing the MS ... they stripped out the Alu frame piece where the pedal and other things hang on. Guy used a Rattle Gun,
ruined whole frame piece, which had to be replaced.

Now you guys see why I'm so nervous having these clowns rebuilding the Engine on my Blown Hyper. Their story is an apprentice ruined the brake deal, but the
certified Ducati "Master" will be doing my engine. (they claim the guy is one of just a few actual Ducati Masters in the Bay Area. (I have no idea the veracity of that claim)

Wish me luck ... or PLEASE ... offer any suggestions I can forward to the mech before they dig in. (still awaiting parts ... )

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Which shop has your bike? A friends multistrada had to be rebuilt after it spun a camshaft bearing. The work was done at Munroe and while it wasn't a quick job, they did a good job, and all under warranty at that.

-- Nathan

N4teTheGreat said:

Which shop has your bike? A friends multistrada had to be rebuilt after it spun a camshaft bearing. The work was done at Munroe and while it wasn't a quick job, they did a good job, and all under warranty at that.

-- Nathan

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Hi Nathan. I've been waiting to post results about my bike until more has been accomplished.

Brief history:
Bike was brought into Marin Speed shop around June 28th. RPM Extended Service company balked on paying the $6000 repair tab. Took 1.5 months until they finally approved the claim. Total BS deal.

So now parts have been ordered, just waiting for all to arrive ... from Italy! In August! ... when the whole country is on vacation!
Now parts are trickling in and reassembly will begin soon.

Interesting your buddies camshaft bearing spun ... that is EXACTLY what happened to my bike. So entire front cylinder, head, Piston ... the works ... are being replaced. I was hoping they would do the rear cylinder too but they said NO DAMAGE there.

My question ... to everyone here ... is why would the cam bearing spin?
It was HOT but I was not riding hard at all when engine failed. Any insight?

Anyway, will write a proper detailed update when more info is available.

Thanks for chiming in, good news about Munroe's. I know Nick and Matt for over 20 years. RPM warranty company insisted I go to dealer where I bought
the service contract.(Marin Speed Shop, AKA Hattar's)

Hope that was not a mistake. Approaching 3 months without this bike now. Updates to follow ... fingers crossed!

What grounds did RPM try and deny the claim on?