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Remedy for squeaky brakes??
- Nate77
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Anyone have any other ideas? It's driving me insane...thanks in advance!
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- PFC FNG
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I know it would not be any fun if it was easy, but does it have to be this much fun?
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Bad.. Get the more expensive pads, maybe the members here will tell you what there made of, asbestos i believe, but i dont recall.
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- ¡Usted no necesita otra motocicleta!
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Andy
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I thought asbestos had been banned for a while now for use in pads. Now they just say "organic material"..... not sure what that means.Did you buy the cheapest brake pads? No offense, i do it on my cars.. The cheaper pads are semi metallic, meaning they have little bits of metal in them, and well, they squeak..
Bad.. Get the more expensive pads, maybe the members here will tell you what there made of, asbestos i believe, but i dont recall.
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321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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You need stock Kawasaki pads. Don't bother with EBC, Vesra, or any of the others. You can sand, drill ect all day on these aftermarket pads, put brake squeel crap on them, spend a week trying it all and in the end they will still squeel. The strange thing is sometimes aftermarket pads may work and be quiet as stock, then when worn out you can replace with the exact same brand and the new ones will squeel so bad pedestrians are running for cover every time the brakes are applied. Kawasaki pads are expensive, but once in a while they'le come up on ebay for a better price. Another advantage is they last much longer than aftermarket pads, so the higher cost is not all in vain. No squeel and longer life it's worth the difference.
When my first set of pads on my '79 wore out back in maybe 1982, I went to the dealer. A kid was working in the parts department. I said I needed rear pads and he didn't even move from his stool. he says:
"Do you know what they cost?"
I said: "No, what?"
I recall they were something like $90 back in 1982, which would be like $400 today. We both laughed out loud, I started walking, and he never moved from the stool.
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