Brake Pad Wear

[Evil Mitch]

You must really hammer the brakes ???

I just changed my rear stock pads at 20,000km, the front pads still have some life left ... I thought I was hard on them

Ive done 21000 k and just fitted third set to the rear second set on the front

 

[HellFire]

I don't brake hard with the rear, but I do use them more often when just tooling around at low speed than the front. They are just more convenient and smooth when stopping gradually. Because of that I have been getting 6-8,000 miles out of the rear pads. I'm okay with that since they are cheaper and easier to replace than the fronts. The rear pads can be replaced with fingers and anything that will pry the cups back into the calipers.

You can change rear pads with a stick.

 

[billmac]

Hi HellFire

The rear pads can be replaced with fingers

Can you post a video of you taking the splitpin out of the back calipers with your fingers

 

[HellFire]

Hi HellFire

Can you post a video of you taking the splitpin out of the back calipers with your fingers

Are you serious? or just being funny?
The "R" pins pull out of the pad retaining pins with little effort and the pad retaining pins pull out of the calipers with even less effort. After that the pads practically drop out of the calipers. You then pry the piston cups back into the calipers with whatever you can fit between them and the rotor. When they are seated back far enough you simply slip the new pads in and assemble in reverse order .... it's that easy and all done with bare hands.

 

[scot in exile]

No fighting now boys and girls here is a wee video.

 

[rocket3jjd]

yup thats exactly how it works on my rocket good job scott.

 

[HellFire]

And a wee bit bloody blind folded at that. lol



If you follow the service manual procedure it could take a little longer. That one is a flat rate tech's wet dream, flag 1.5hrs for 5 minutes work.

 

[billmac]

HellFire am going to shut up now I was thinking of different bike that has a split pin that’s used in the caliper pin. It’s a age thing. ​