The cold one turned into several and once I did venture back in to the garage, I dove in to the rear caliper. It was bead blasted, cleaned, primed, painted then baked then reassembly began. I discovered a real problem upon reassembly. Both caliper bolt dust seals were shot. I thought it'd be an easy fix - just buy new ones. I found out this particular part wasn't listed on any exploded parts diagrams I found on-line at at two Yamaha dealerships. I got lucky in that my buddy's Clymer manual had a drawing of this assembly and Troy at Alba was able to scrounge up the proper part number and get a couple into my grubby hands. (Thanks Troy!) I finally got everything assembled and installed. It came out looking pretty good "half 'n half".