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First of all, thank you everybody for the replies and help and information.

Second of all, I apologize for double posting the pictures. I don’t know how that happened 😞

Can anybody tell me… Is the brake pad that wore out the one that is interlinked with the back wheel? If so, is that a coincidence or is that a clue?

I wasn’t able to find brake pads this afternoon/evening, and Amazon was (on characteristically!) About impossible to find what I was looking for 🙄. So it may be next weekend before I get pads and the time to fix this. Right now, I have the caliper suspended; brake pads and everything are still attached. I’m not taking anything apart until I got all the parts to put it back together.

 

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Looks to me like the pistons were pretty stuck.
If your "mechanic" is watching YouTube videos, just do it yourself.

ouch. I’m working 12+ hours a day and I would rather pay somebody that has a clue than try and do this when I’m dog tired. My mechanic stayed late and got me fresh fluid for a trip I was hoping to do on vacation. I had problems with an ABS light when I used the foot brake. He researched it and he fixed it. Now, if y’all can tell me something that he messed up, I’m listening. But I still like and respect and trust the guy. (1st time he worked on this bike). And he was able to get me in and everybody else’s three or more weeks wait…

 

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I have pads coming this week and 2 guys in a group I ride with ready to come over if I need it. I’ve been on phone and sending pictures and they think I just had a sticking piston….

pads have 13k miles and all but 1 have normal wear…sucks it wasn’t noticed until wore down to grinding noise, but at this point it’s just put it back together, put some miles on it, and monitor….