Brake Pad Life...

[y2kflhr]

I put my lyndalls on 2.5 years ago, about 21k miles, fronts and backs still good. Mostly 2up loaded with makeup (not mine)!

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Every other oil change backs

[Infidel!]

I changed mine at 20K. Probably had another 200 miles left on them

[Berserker]

Originally Posted by duhast

Jeez.....I used to get about 3-4K

Used to? Did you have the clutch and break mixed up?

For changing, or just installing tire, I find a paint stick broke in half, 2 thick, works great to pry the pads apart, and slide over rotor. Wood doesn't scratch anything either

I had perfectly good OEM brakes front and back. My rear breaks were squeaking a bit so I decided to replace them with the Lyndall, so I got one set of Lyndall Gold and put them on the rear and pretty much forgot that they were there as the squeaking stopped.

6800 miles later I did a motor rebuild and went to look at the breaks. Surprisingly enough, my front OEM pads had no more than 50% wear however, my rear Lyndall Gold were gone. Down to the metal.

I replaced them with OEM. The squeaking is back but so be it. I would say I got at least another 6000 to 7000 miles left on the front.

[TalonChief]

I typically run OEM on the back and Lyndalls on the front, as OEMs were cheaper and I never really wanted any help in locking up the rear wheel. However, the new HD pads are the same cost as Lyndalls.

Originally Posted by TalonChief

I typically run OEM on the back and Lyndalls on the front, as OEMs were cheaper and I never really wanted any help in locking up the rear wheel.

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[Infidel!]

Oh c'mon nines! I saw that broadslide you did when you pulled into Junction last year 2 up.

24k two sets of rear and original up front... I've always been a back brake guy but I'm trying to work on using the front brake more since that's where all the braking power is anyway. I used to only use the front brakes for hard stops but I'm getting better about it now.