I adjusted the emergency brake on the Warrior today and found out I have no more adjustment left. I guess it's time for rear brake pads. What pads should I get? Sometimes I would get a squeek out of the rear brake if I didn't step on it hard enough. Is it because the stock pads are hard? If so I'll be looking for softer pads. Anybody out there been through a couple sets of different pads to give me some insight as to what to do? Thanks.

 

I love my EBC HD pads. Great stopping power and very reliable. Also easy to instal and fit perfect. Hope this helps you.

 

People that respond to this don't have to be Warrior owners, just users of different brake pads. Just trying to get some opinions here. I know I need the pads it's just a matter of which ones to buy.

 

I have been testing solid brass brakes on the Raptor made by Box Brakes. They cost slightly more than EBC Severe Duty brakes from Rocky Mountain ATV but they outlast them from 2-4 times as long. In the end, they are cheaper.

I am not positive but I think you will get better results if you have a hardened aftermarket rotor like the one sold by EBC. The flatter the surface of the rotor the less break-in period for the solid brass brakes and the longer they will last. I have this rotor and it is like new even though I have gone through 2 sets of brass brakes as well as about 6 sets of EBC severe duty brakes. I even ran one set of the EBC into the metal and it didn't even put a mark on the rotor.

By nature, brass brakes can be a bit grabbier than regular brakes; therefore, I wouldn't recommend them on the front. Brass brakes can squeek a bit more too; however, I have not experienced this. Gary mentioned it to me. I think having a really good rotor helps eliminate this. There could be many reasons why yours squeeked...the most likely being that you wore past your pads down to the metal.

If interested, contact:

Gary Box
bethandgary@telepak.net

or call him at (601) 645-6076.

/NotuRaptor

 

get stock, all brake pads are the same wear out the same.

 

You mean even the aftermarket pads are the same as stock. That seems hard to believe because usually the aftermarkets stuff is better than stock. So what you're saying is I should get whatever pad is the cheapest because we all know stock is not the cheapest.

 

yeah, i had ebc before last the same time has stock did.

 

I can go through a set of EBC sintered pads in about 3 weeks of riding. Since I swapped to the EBC SV(severe duty) I have gone about 6 months and they still have about 1/3 pad left. Overall I am very happy with the EBC SV's and will continue to use them on the front, but will probably try the brass pads next time on the rear.

All brake pads are not equal.

 

Brake pads all the same???? Man,..you really need to know what you are talking about before making a claim such as that.

There are at least a dozen different materials and types of brake pads available and all have different characteristics of both stopping power and durability. The better pads contain carbon fiber with SOFT metallic base. They tend to last longer and do less harm to your rotor than most of the others containg kevlar and a nickel based compound.[which is what comes stock on most quads]

The brake pads with "grooves" claim longer life with better heat disapation, but usually wear the fastest in muddy conditions due to so much material wasted in manufacturing the "grooves".

I use and recommend Braking SM-11 brake pads. They are a semi-metallic type that use carbon fiber instead of kevlar and also have the "soft sintered-metal" compound I was referring to above.

KNOWSALOT

 

Thanks, KNOWSALOT. Where can I buy the Braking SM-11 pads?