My buddy has two Suzuki Eigers that have just been giving him fits with the brakes. He has about 600 miles on each and already has had to replace the front disk brakes on both and a rotor on one and now his back drum brakes are sticking after he locks them up. Is there anything he should be doing to prevent this? Does he have to take special care to wash the front disks after every ride? We are at a loss as to explain this. I was expecting to see complaints about the Eiger brakes on this forum, but since there are none maybe it is just him...............

 

I replaced my first set of front pads after about 1200 miles - they were really worn down, totally through the pad material and into the metal backing. Thing is, the metal backing is fairly soft so there was no damage to the rotors at all. I use my fronts more than the rear brakes, but if you ride in lots of gritty mud or sand I could see them only lasting 600 miles. Really bites on the price though - one pair ran me $26, so it cost over $50 to do the front brakes.

Jaybee

 

Well the stock pads Suzuki makes are quite soft. I was told that they use an environmentally friendly material (corn husks maybe). Get some sintered pads and they'll will supposedly last longer and stop better. I was done w/ the front stock pads on my Vinson at 150 miles w/ some serious gouging in the rotors.

 

I just changed mine at 400 miles, It probaly could of been change around 350 miles. I heard them rubbing. A friend of mine sells brake pads, they said that seems to be the average miles before they need changed.

 

My back brakes were sticking really bad at about 650 miles. I tore the rear drum assy down and with a lot of work got the little shaft out that spreads the shoes apart. There was corrosion on the shaft and inside the aluminum pivot hole so I took some 400 wet paper to them both and lubed it up with water-proof trailer bearing grease and now they work awesome. I was wondering about whether other people had had this problem...

I was VERY impressed with how well the rear drum was sealed. Good job, Suzuki.

 

I had to replace my pads at about 500 miles. I didn't have any rotor problems though. I checked my rear drum at the same time, it was OK. I went with sintered pad and haven't had any problems with them. I got 2000 mi on it now, 1500 on new pads. Havent looked at read drum since 500 mi.

03 Eiger 4x4 manual green. Jet kit, UNi filter.

 

I had the same problem, but it seems like on a more dramatic scale. I noticed my fronts were rubbing at like maybe 150 miles, kept goin for a few more miles, then decided to change em. I spent like 28 bucks/tire. I bought Ferodo's or somethin like that, supposedly good brakes...I'm at I think around 300 miles now and they are now rubbing. Anyone got any ideas? I don't think my calipers are sticking, and after goin thru a set of pads after a month of owning it, I've backed off braking a ton.

 

Just read about the Eiger brake pads and was shocked! You can only get about 300 miles out of the original pads? Is this a weak spot on the Eiger? Are you guys doing a lot of "hard" riding? Have over 4000 miles on the original pads on my 2000 Polaris Xpedition and they still look good. The wife's '05 Eiger is approaching 400 miles and we haven't noticed any problems but haven't took a "real close look" at them either.

 

Damn, that's not many miles on those brakes at all! I changed my fronts around 1500 miles, and I haven't touched the rears yet. Well, I have adjusted them, but not replaced them. I ride in some nasty mud too, so I can't see why you guys are getting such crappy life on the brakes. Granted, I wash them out after every ride and take great care not to "ride the brakes", especially after muddin'.

 

This is no lie I have over 3000miles on my original brakes. And yes I do check them. A lot might be where and how you use them... Or maybe I am really lucky