[Guide] Front brake pad replacement

[SirToU]

Thanks, just won't to see hat mine should look like in 4 years. Although, when I start in London on 7th march it'll be another 2000mile per month usage... :-) so could be up to 42,000 in another year...  :-)

Oh well, another enjoyable 22000 miles aboard a GTR. :-).  Let the Good Times Roll.

Neil

[Kwikasfuki]

I average about 2000 miles per month as well. I'd have to clean the bike weekly which is too much hassle. It does have a layer of ACF50 so does clean up nicely.

Its going for a deep clean soon though. I'll post pics

[Davio]

On this topic, can I say that after doing Applecross pass, Scotland, two up, full of camping gear, my front brake pads were literally down to the metal. I went to a dealer who did the job while I waited. I had done the pads 8k before :( and put copperslip on the bolts holding the calipers in place. The mechanic explained that copper grease should never be put on these bolts, rather a drop of thread lock. Regards, JR

[nightrider]

Changed mine this year they had done 20000m which I did not think was bad for a heavy bike , put in some ebc hh pads ,but still find the brakes a bit wooden in feel , compared to my ktm's

[doebag]

On this topic, can I say that after doing Applecross pass, Scotland, two up, full of camping gear, my front brake pads were literally down to the metal. I went to a dealer who did the job while I waited. I had done the pads 8k before :( and put copperslip on the bolts holding the calipers in place. The mechanic explained that copper grease should never be put on these bolts, rather a drop of thread lock. Regards, JR

Problem with lubricating any bolt is that it changes the friction and therefore affects the torque setting.
He is correct that you should use a thread lock to prevent corrosion and galling, but you need a non setting thread lock that will enable bolts to be removed easily. I suspect my callipers had been done with the wrong stuff, or none at all as the socket heads rounded off and I need to get the bolts extracted by my local dealer..