4G rear brake pads

List:

has anyone with a 3G or 4G VFR ordered brake pads and been shipped
the entirely wrong part? I just ordered new pads from service honda
(good group of folks, btw), and when I ordered rear pads for my '94
(43105-MY7-405), I got shipped a pair of pads (431A0-MT4-670) which
are obviously the wrong part. The guy at Service Honda did some
checking and said that the second part number has superseded the
first, and that this should be the right set of pads. The only
problem is, that it's not. The new pads are square, and don't have a
ring, are too short, etc.

So:
-are my rear pads identical to my fronts, to the extent that I can
just order another set of fronts?
-if not, will I have to get aftermarket pads for the rear?


later,
Johnj

who is quite confused just now


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On 4/25/07, John Johnson wrote:
>
>
> So:
> -are my rear pads identical to my fronts, to the extent that I can
> just order another set of fronts?
> -if not, will I have to get aftermarket pads for the rear?


In the models with the linked brakes, the fronts and rears are the same.
IIFC, VTX, Blackbird and VFR share the same pads.

HTH,

JohnA in LA

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On Wednesday 25Apr, 2007, at 7:56 PM, John Alexander wrote:

>
>
> On 4/25/07, John Johnson wrote:
>
> So:
> -are my rear pads identical to my fronts, to the extent that I can
> just order another set of fronts?
> -if not, will I have to get aftermarket pads for the rear?
>
> In the models with the linked brakes, the fronts and rears are the
> same.
> IIFC, VTX, Blackbird and VFR share the same pads.
>
Thanks for the info, JohnA. Unfortunately, mine doesn't have linked
brakes. Upon inspection however, it does appear that the front and
rear pads are identical, and I ordered a pair of front pads for the
back.

This leaves only the question of wtf happened with that part number?
The guys at Service Honda claimed that the "new" part number was the
one for 90-93 VFRs, but:
-AFAIK, they use the same rear brake as the 94-97
-no online fiche that I've visited breaks the VFRs apart as 90-93 and
94-97 (so I can't check the P/N).

Maybe the package was simply mislabeled at Honda or something. I hope
it's that, because otherwise 90-97 VFR owners who want stock rear
pads are going to have some trouble.

later,
Johnj



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