A close shave...

[Greybeard]

Bit of a shock the other day. Pushed the bike back into the garage and heard a familiar metal on metal sound. Seemed the rear brake pads were finished. Got a pair of Ferodo platinum in a few days and fitted them easily with help of instructions here - http://www.r1200gs.info/howto/brakepads.html

I'd been checking the pad thickness because at the last annual service in October I was told that I had about 30% left, but only by looking at the nearside brake pad when cleaning the bike (not that regularly), and the pads have worn unevenly - the offside pads more than the nearside ones.

From now on I'll be checking them differently! I got just under 5.5k from this pair - the first set (from new) lasted nearly 7.9k. Must have changed my riding style...

Here are pictures of the difference between the nearside and offside pad thickness later - I was surprised at the difference!

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/herby...?authkey=Gv1sRgCNSLg8Tm26KqGQ&feat=directlink

 

[elevensies]

about time too

 

[Zigo]

Have you checked the rear floating caliper? The front guidance pin tend to corrode and freeze up, causing uneven wear on the pads. Check this link (it's a 1150, but relevant to the 1200 too): http://advwisdom.hogranch.com/Wisdom/BFDRear2.1.1.pdf. Page 26 down.

 

[ts2]

When I had my pads replaced last year they were different thickness as standard. At the time I assumed that wear would be uneven as the pistons are only on the one side, so the thickness was to compensate for this.

It says in your link "note that the pad on the piston side is thicker"

Is it possible to fit them the wrong way around? If the wear is uneven naturally, hence the pads having different thickness, then having them the wrong way around would quickly eat up the thinner pad?


TobyS

 

[Pukmeister]

IIRC you cannot fit them the wrong way round as they are 'handed' to fit the caliper with an asymetrical design.

I have changed two sets of rear pads on my 1200 and they were unevenly worn both times (and no my sliding caliper isn't sticking).

 

[Big Lee]

You`re right, you can`t fit them the wrong way round, you`d see as soon as you`ve got them in your hand

 

[ts2]

Shows how much I know. Its funny the more expensive the bike the less I get my hands dirty. Really should start spannering again.

TS

 

[AdamA]

Shows how much I know. Its funny the more expensive the bike the less I get my hands dirty. Really should start spannering again.

TS

TBH it sounds like a good plan to leave em well alone.

 

[jimbogs1200]

I have noticed my front guidance pin is corroded.. Is it something I can change easily myself?

 

[Greybeard]

Have you checked the rear floating caliper? The front guidance pin tend to corrode and freeze up, causing uneven wear on the pads. Check this link (it's a 1150, but relevant to the 1200 too): http://advwisdom.hogranch.com/Wisdom/BFDRear2.1.1.pdf. Page 26 down.

Zigo thanks, I'll have a look at the BFD page 26 as you suggest.