Re: Brake pad life ?

[Paul Master <masterps@xxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, Just as I pulled into the driveway, I heard this awful
grating sound. I usually pull up near the garage door on a mound, open
the door with the remote, shut the bike off, then coast down the hill ,
and back the bike into the garage. The awful grating sound was coming
from the rear brake, which is how I hold the bike in position while
opening the garage door.

I was shocked. The dealer had replaced the rear pads at my 6K service.
Now, with just 10.5K (miles) on the clock, I was down to metal???

I called around, and no one had pads for the ST except the closest
Triumph dealer, 40 miles away. When I was talking to the owner, he
advised me to drop the brake pedal down, that I must de riding it, even
though I'm not aware of it. It did look like the inner portion of the
disk has been heated, (slightly brown in color). The reason I was so
shocked is since they replaced the rears, I HARDLY EVER use the rear
brake. The dealer says he has seen this quite Triumphs. So I have
replaced the rears AGAIN! Aaarrrgghhh! While I was at it, I checked the
fronts (which by the way is ridiculously easy). Pull the pin, lift out
the spring and they come right out. They are in great shape, and I have
been using the brakes very hard lately on Mines Road and vicinity. 

So I am concluding at this point that the dealer may have a point, and
it may help answer similar questions on the list. Hope this helps.

Red Dawg
Paul Master Red (what a shock) '99 Sprint ST "Flash"  SF Bay Area

Rick Damiani wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the replay   As I was doing some twisties the
> > rear brake was good then all of a sudden I had no rear
> > brakes, we & found no rear pads just steel.  I think
> > the pads came off the metal but the dealer has led me
> > to think I wore it  out in 3000 miles. Seems real fast
> > to me, Any way that brought out the question.  What do
> > you think     Thanks Rob
> 
> I think that the pad material came off of the metal, actually.

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