I took out my brake pads out of the rear end today. The inner pad was down to nothing, but the outer still has some pad life to it. Why is that? Also why do the rear pads wear out faster the the front pads. The front ones where in very good condition. But its not that bad because it was 800 miles of very hard ridding, with a good amout of mud. I think Im going to go with the OEM ones because they have worked fine and I really dont know any good other ones.
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Stitch-
I'm going to "swag" it on this one- (scientific wild _ss guess) [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] So here goes: Your "inner", or front pad on the rear is directly linked to the pair of front brakes through your hand brake lever-when you pull the lever, both front brakes engage, along with the single rear. As there are two brakes up front-one on each wheel, that translates to better stopping power up front, yet with only one pad on the rear to stop both wheels, even though the axle is directly linked together, my guess is that the one pad goes through harder stopping power trying to stop both tires through the axle-if there were an additional pad on the left wheel as well, I bet pad life would be very similar to that of the front. As to why the "outter" pad lasts longer, that is only operated by your foot brake, which I'm guessing you don't use as often as your normal hand brake, is that correct? I know I hardly ever use my foot brake, just because the hand lever works so well-I really like that linked setup with the handlever operating both front and rear. I've used the rear footbrake a time or two going downhill, and have found that it "locks up" pretty easily, causing the rears to skid with very little pressure on the brake lever itself. So, for more control, I just use the single handbrake instead.

Anyway, does any of that make sense, or sound close? Like I said, it was just a guess, don't take my word for it! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Best of Luck, hope you work something out,

Mike

 

I put a set of EBC's pads on my 400 and 500 cats. They are about $10 cheaper than the factory pads and I'm getting as much if not a bit more wear from them. rockymountain atv sells them. The rear ones will have to be trimmed up a bit with a grinder along the edges to fit in the rear caliper properly. Small price to pay for a savings of $30. Good luck.

 

Their is a place that sells solid brass brake pads. Last longer than any other pads out there. I won't give the web address cause I almost got thrown off the board for posting the address last year........

 

Hey Mike-that wouldn't be the same ones Bill C. tried out would they? I just saw a post somewhere that the first set he had worked pretty well, lasted a long time, but then the last couple sets didn't hold up worth a darn-I think on his Xplorer??? Just wondered if that was an "isolated case" or if anybody's heard of any more problems with them??? They sure sounded great at first, and if I remember right, the guy sent him a new set after the trouble the second time around maybe? Sounds like if nothing else, he stands behind his product-that's hard to find these days, should count for something.

Best of Luck,

Mike

 

Yep those are the ones. I was gonna buy some but I can get AC replacement pads from a local dealer for $12.50 per set, pretty cheap. Just have to wait for them as they keep nothing but oil filters and oil in stock.

 

Well I went with the OEM's I got to the dealership and they told me the ones from AC are 13.95 so I bought all 6 packets they had. I thought it was good deal
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