Bad rear brake

[daved148]

Has anyone heard of a brake going at 17000 km I brought a 2012 ventura heard a noise in the rear brake took it back to the dealer told me the brakes has to be broken in I never heard of that before but the bike had two services done 1 at 1000 the break in time $350 and the other at 7000 again 350 and now the noise had gotten worst so I took it back One pad was completly gone no sign of it and the other one was one half left the front are good I bought a 2000 vstar in 2000 went 75000 and use two sets of pads on it. They say I need a rotar and pads 500 find it hard to beleave.

Edited July 3, 2013 by daved148

[Sylvester]

It is easy to replace these yourself. Look in the forums for details on how-2. They will last about 15-20k miles for me on the rear. Fronts go a little quicker.

 

[M61A1MECH]

Brake pad wear is dependent in a large part on the individual riding habits of the driver.

If you are heavy on the brakes they wear out sooner than someone was has lighter touch or different riding style.

On the Venture it is common for the pads to wear unevenly, many of us inspect frequently and swap the inside and the outside to even out the wear.

If one of the pads is gone and the other is only worn half way down, then you could be the victim of a pad de-bonding from the "shoe" that it is attached to, if that happened you would have been pushing the metal "shoe" right on to the rotor every time you applied the rear brakes. That should have made a heck of a racket. That will definitely ruin a rotor in a short period of time.

[djh3]

One post or suggeston in a post was like every 3 oil canges swap the pads in rear side for side.

[Guest]

Has anyone heard of a brake going at 17000 km I brought a 2012 ventura heard a noise in the rear brake took it back to the dealer told me the brakes has to be broken in I never heard of that before but the bike had two services done 1 at 1000 the break in time $350 and the other at 7000 again 350 and now the noise had gotten worst so I took it back One pad was completly gone no sign of it and the other one was one half left the front are good I bought a 2000 vstar in 2000 went 75000 and use two sets of pads on it. They say I need a rotar and pads 500 find it hard to beleave.

 

If im converting that correctly the pads were shot at 10, 500 miles? They usually last between 12 and 16 thousand miles. Like Steve said, it all depends on your riding style. The Venture is a very heavy bike and using the rear brake more than the fronts can cause early wear. New rotor and pads should cost about 250 so they're charging you another 250 for the install.

[daved148]

Thanks alot guys you all put my faith back into yamaha I had a hard time making up my mine between the ultra classic or the ventura thought I made a big mistake now I have to take back all the bad things I was thinking about the dealer lucky I was just thinking them.

[daved148]

Well I got my bike back and the breaks works great the way It should have I know now I should have forced the the problem from the beginning and they would have fixed it. The dealer said it was probaly my driving habits i've been driving over thirty years and never had a problem like this. I think one pad was missing from the start.. A lot of my friend drive harleys and it is hard for me to tease them now. I guess that will teach me for teasing them.

[V7Goose]

The stock rear pads on the Venture have always worn down VERY fast, and most bikes will wear the inside pad much faster. Very common for stock rear pads to be down to metal within 10,000 miles. Solution is first to go to EBC HH pads, then watch them every 10,000 miles or so to catch the uneven wear and reverse the pads. Rear EBC pads should easily go 20 - 30,000 miles with good braking habits.

 

Lots of discussion and details on this in many older threads (years older).

Goose