Bloody 1150's break pad wear rate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ELIMINATOR

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Second set of rear pads I've put on the bike, 47 thousand ish miles.:DMind you, the first set lasted 30K , this set only lasted 17K, perhaps it's time I bought a new retaining pin.

Read this and weep 1200 owners.:P
 
yeah, sure you're right, those lardy 1150 Adventures, I've got a GS. I've read posts from 1200 owners with very short rear pad life, like 5000 miles.:eek:

I always clean the caliper once a year, even when new pads aren't needed.

remove the metal clips, copper grease these and the pins, use red rubber grease around the interface of piston to caliper body. Clean the sliding pins, and put new red rubber grease on them.

Bugger!!!! " break", you illiterate bastid ELIMINATOR! BRAKE!
 
ELIMINATOR said:
I always clean the caliper once a year, even when new pads aren't needed.

remove the metal clips, copper grease these and the pins, use red rubber grease around the interface of piston to caliper body. Clean the sliding pins, and put new red rubber grease on them.
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Dude if you pump the pistons out halfway (with ignition off if you have servo ABS) can you then push the pistons in with your thumbs?

If not they are jamming out poabably due to :- the outer seal is a wiper ring and for some reason the salty water gets in behind them and the salt then crystallizes out and pushes the seal out which has no where to go so it compresses and increases resistance on the pistons which generates more heat to help the salt crystallize out faster next run out

So quite probably if you're not taking the piston out and cleaining in behind your ring then the piston is not retracting hence accelerated wear! and Probably you're heating your brake fluid too:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
ELIMINATOR said:
Second set of rear pads I've put on the bike, 47 thousand ish miles.:DMind you, the first set lasted 30K , this set only lasted 17K, perhaps it's time I bought a new retaining pin.

Read this and weep 1200 owners.:P
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Jaythro said:
hence accelerated wear! and Probably you're heating your brake fluid too:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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He's taking the piss :augie
 
got to say though... having gone from a 1200 to an 1150...


i keep inspecting my brake pads expecting them to be fooked...




and they aren't:D


good innit!


how much
 
Steptoe said:
He's taking the piss :augie
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Feck me there's a guy over here can get 12780 miles from a rear bridgestone BT020

and 40,000miles later the same set of pads! That Eliminator fella must be awful hard on his or maybe he's moved to a more hilly area ???????


:aidan:aidan:aidan
 
my REAR Tourance usually lasts just over 12000 miles. front? let me think, am I on the 2nd or third?

Taking the piss! I'm pissed now :D well geting there.

bottle of rose, soon to be followed by some cider.
 
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