Time To Change My Brake Pads

[p8121]

My rear pads are getting thin and I think I'm going to have to change them before this summer.

 

Has any of you guys changed your brake pads? Is there any tricks/snags that I'll run into? I've done brakes on cars lots of times, but never on my banshee.

 

Whats the best kind of pad to use?

 

Do I need to "turn" or scuff up the rotor at all? Its all gorved up from riding in the sand dunes.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[erbilabuc]

uhmm spray the bolts with wd-40 about 1 hour before you start working on it. Once you have the caliper off then scrub the rotor with some sand paper and try toget any major grooves out

[cgamla]

alot of shees come with little thin metal bolt retention tangs on the pad bolts . You will need a sharp chisel and hammer to get under that tang and bend it outof the way, Reuse it if you can and if you can't oh dang well. Mine has been gone for years. I think of it as weight savings lol

[spoin39]

Loosen the pad bolts first then take caliper off, clean the pistons real good w/brake cleaner, put pins back in with the new pads, bolt caliper back on, tighen the pad bolts (pins), and bend the locking tabs back. I use Braking pads but they are all good I would assume. You also have to pry the pads apart to fit over the rotor.

[itsmyforte]

the back doesn't matter too much it either locks up or it don't. however i am a believer in EBC HH pads. hella bite! but costly! i run those up front and whatever the cheapest is out back. course i use a gsx-r master cylinder up front as well. i like to stop fast!