Front Pads/Shaft oil.....

[patrol21]

Aloha...sure this has been round the block a few zillion times....looking to the early spring for maintence stuff...did my rear brakes in the fall..10K on the clock, figured I would follow suit with the front....rear pads were a 5 minute job...first time around for these on the front...couple of questions

1) Require front tire removal? Done a ton of brakes..sometimes, yes, sometimes no..just curious
2) Pads....recommendations? I have EBC Double H's or something like that on rear now.
3) Not brakes but planning on changing out my shaft oil. Recommendations there?

 

[Fingers]

No you don't have to remove tire,EBC double HH pads.Not sure what mean by shaft oil.

 

[Fingers]

If your referring to the bevel box a quality synthetic 75/90 gear oil should work fine .

 

[Triple Trouble]

Make sure to torque the drain bolt correctly! It is 15 NM, way less than the 60 NM of the fill/level bolt.

 

[Bedifferent]

If your referring to the bevel box a quality synthetic 75/90 gear oil should work fine .

I like Bel-Ray myself, but any high quality "synthetic" 75/90 gear oils should work.

 

[patrol21]

I like Bel-Ray myself, but any high quality "synthetic" 75/90 gear oils should work.

Thanks All.

 

[Zonechamp]

Front pads are a 10 min job max. 1 bolt each side, the beauty of cartridge style brakes. EBC HH and no more squealing.

 

[TriumPhil]

... and make certain to grease the splines in the shaft drive with a quality moly lube at least once every 10K miles, if not more frequently (like, when you change rear tires)!

 

[mport]

You shouldn't need front brakes yet. They tend to last a lot longer than the rear. I have over 40k on the original front pads.

 

[patrol21]

You shouldn't need front brakes yet. They tend to last a lot longer than the rear. I have over 40k on the original front pads.

My thanks for the comments...I'm an old school chain guy so shaft drives are new. 40k on a set of pads....nice...I tend to run hard and fast and change out brakes even if there is still surface left....old habits from my race days. Cheers all!