New Pads Already? (10k)

[daddydarko]

Dealer has my baby and says she needs new front pads and that they're unevenly worn. How does that happen with distributed braking???

Anyway, it'll cost me $200 for the dealer to do it. On a 1-5 scale, where does the difficulty of replacing the pads fall?

 

[Lamonster]

I'm fixing to change my pads too. It's a very easy job, just do it yourself. I would have them run it on the BUDS to see why they are not all wearing the same.

 

[bjt]

dltang had hers replaced at about 10K also. The dealership charged about $110 for three sets of pads alone but the labor was included as part of the brake squeal warranty work that they did.

As far as doing it yourself, I think it would be pretty easy. The rear appears to be just two bolts to hold the caliper onto the rotor. Remove the caliper and the pads just pop off. The fronts are probably the same except you have to remove the tire to access the caliper.

EDIT: I just went out and looked at my Spyder and the fronts look very easy, as described above. On the rear, the wheel speed sensors are attached to the same bracket that the caliper is on. You probably need to free up those cables to remove the plate / caliper. Also there are two bolts on the caliper that go through two ears on the brake pads. Those bolts have an E-clip on the end that you remove and then loosen the bolts. At least thats how it looks with my visual inspection. I think its probably advisable to pop open the brake fluid reservoir so when you push the caliper pistons back in, the fluid will easily flow back into the reservoir. I can't say for sure if there is anymore involved in it than the GM automobile disk brakes I've worked on. Might be nice to take a peek at a service manual to see BRP's brake procedure. Of course, your are an adventurous guy, right?

 

[Roaddog2]

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