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thinkreal · 07-20-2008, 07:36 AM

Thought I'd throw in my recent pad change experience

Had the shop replace all pads on my '06 at the 24000Km service. Bendix pads were installed - they didn't have Honda pads in stock and reckoned all the racers were having good results with Bendix at half the price.

All seemed good for about a week, when I started to get shudders.

With light/medium pressure on the back brake pedal, the front would shudder, sometimes light vibration, others quite rough shaking.

Never happened using the front lever, or with heavy pressure. Didn't seem to happen above 60Km/h but I wasn't game to do a lot of high-speed testing. Stopping was otherwise good - plenty of grip, no squealing or grinding.

Got it back to the shop after about 10 days. They checked over the system, did more bleeding (found a bit of air) but couldn't find/make a difference.

We agreed to put Honda pads in, one consideration being the lack of spring plates on the Bendix. The Bendix came off with a weird coppery glaze on the back ones, the front looked more normal but also a bit silver shiny. Honda pads went in, and everything has been perfect since.

My mechanix used this to convince the boss to stock more genuine parts, at least for machines like the VFR - I'm happy to pay what it costs for my ride to be what I bought it for. It's not a racer, but it's not cheap transport either (it costs more to run than our CRV).

Anybody else seen this?

Ez

BTW - first post!

07-20-2008, 07:36 AM	#19 (permalink)
thinkreal Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Last Online: 10-17-2008 08:56 PM Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Shuddering from new pads Thought I'd throw in my recent pad change experience Had the shop replace all pads on my '06 at the 24000Km service. Bendix pads were installed - they didn't have Honda pads in stock and reckoned all the racers were having good results with Bendix at half the price. All seemed good for about a week, when I started to get shudders. With light/medium pressure on the back brake pedal, the front would shudder, sometimes light vibration, others quite rough shaking. Never happened using the front lever, or with heavy pressure. Didn't seem to happen above 60Km/h but I wasn't game to do a lot of high-speed testing. Stopping was otherwise good - plenty of grip, no squealing or grinding. Got it back to the shop after about 10 days. They checked over the system, did more bleeding (found a bit of air) but couldn't find/make a difference. We agreed to put Honda pads in, one consideration being the lack of spring plates on the Bendix. The Bendix came off with a weird coppery glaze on the back ones, the front looked more normal but also a bit silver shiny. Honda pads went in, and everything has been perfect since. My mechanix used this to convince the boss to stock more genuine parts, at least for machines like the VFR - I'm happy to pay what it costs for my ride to be what I bought it for. It's not a racer, but it's not cheap transport either (it costs more to run than our CRV). Anybody else seen this? Ez BTW - first post!