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How thick are new pads just put new rubber on now looking at brakes. Seems like there is some pad left to me but just making sure.
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I want to run this by here to see what you guys think. The driver's backrest on my 84 is shot. Cracked & dry. I want to replace it, but of course replacements are not found. I found this reasonable alternative. http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Universal-11-x8-1-2-New-Contour-Backrest-Back-Rest-Sissy-bar-Pad-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqYOKj!E5W9!lpC!BObp,IEjVw~~60_12.JPG It's got a wooden plate backing, removable vinyl cushion cover. 3" thickness on the sides and 1 1/2" thickness on the middle Size 11"x 8 1/2" for $32 shipped. I see the OEM one is 11 1/2" x 6 1/2" & the support is riveted in on the back(should be easy enough to get off) Does anyone see any potential issues that I am missing? It looks doable, & the price is cheaper that having the original recovered. -
My front right brake has recently begun to squeal quite loudly when I use it. The pads aren't that old. I can't recall what manufacture they are but they were a quality item recommended by a trustworthy wrench at the time of a tire purchase. The rotor looks ok but I have yet to get a measurement of its thickness. Perhaps tomorrow. Assuming the thickness is ok, I am thinking of swapping inboard and outboard pads one for the other on that side. Suggestions? Thanks, Brian H.
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Any of you guys ever put a caliper (the measuring sort) on your rotors? I installed HH sintered pads on the RF brake (the one that works with the lever) about 19k miles ago. I had heard mixed reports that sintered pads can be hard on rotors, so I miced the rotor at installation, after a couple thousand miles, and again this morning. Then I looked in the manual. I included the boring details below for those of you inclined toward boring details, but in short, both my front rotors are under the min thickness spec. It seems that there is only about .020" from new rotor thickness to minimum thickness, which is a little chincy I think. So I wonder how many others have rotors worn below spec? How many ever measure to find out? EBC sells rotors for about $150 each for these bikes. Has anybody used them? Thanks, Jeremy BORING DETAILS! I checked out my brakes. The sintered pads have been on the RH front brake for 19k miles and are maybe 2/3 worn out. Interesting, because the LH front and the rear organic pads - which I have never replaced so they have at least 26K, and I don't think the PO replaced them so they have more than that - are still very thick. I thought sintered were supposed to last longer, although that's not why I put them on (I wanted the extra bite with the hand brake). Either that info is incorrect OR I use that one front brake (hand lever) a WHOLE lot more than the linked foot brake, which is entirely possible given old habits. Both front rotors have a ridge on them that measures .281, so that must have been the starting thickness. At 54k when I installed the HH pads, I measured .253, .243, and .240 working from just under the ridge toward the axle. Now at 73k I measured .248, .239, .234. So there's been 5-6 thou of wear. If you look at the original thickness, and figure that 5-6 thou" represents 19k out of 73k total miles, and that 19k had heavy usage on that brake, it's pretty reasonable wear really. I wonder if organic pads would have done the same? For comparison, the LH rotor today measures .255, .248, .246 (I didn't measure it before), which are closer to the RH "sintered" numbers than to the original .281. I just checked the manual and the listed minmum thickness for the front rotors is .260, so mine were under that before I got the bike. Hmmm...
