Volar Brake Pads - Got them and Hmmmmm

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  • Courtney
    XSive Maximus
    • Jul 2002
    • 542
    • Nanaimo BC Canada
    #1

    Volar Brake Pads - Got them and Hmmmmm



    Well first thing I notice is that one pad has wear indicators, and the other doesn't, which makes me wonder about quality control. Maybe they assume yu are going to replace them in pairs anyway, so only one side gets the wear indicator. Second is, the pad material on the thin side of the front pads is only 3/32" thick. What are yamaha or SBS or EBC's I wonder. These are 80SG carbon/kevlar pads.
    Bone stock 1980 Special except for the exhaust and crashbars. Oh yeah, and the scabbard for the Winchester Defender.
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    • Diskman01
      XStremely XSive
      • Mar 2011
      • 263
      • Sioux Falls, SD
      #2
      Hey! I *just* installed that brand on my 78E a few days ago. Seem to work just fine tho. The pads really smelled bad tho. Mine were also missing the center "line" in the pad material.

      Either way they were MUCH better than the ones I took off.
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        • Courtney
          XSive Maximus
          • Jul 2002
          • 542
          • Nanaimo BC Canada
          #3
          Originally posted by Diskman01
          Hey! I *just* installed that brand on my 78E a few days ago. Seem to work just fine tho. The pads really smelled bad tho. Mine were also missing the center "line" in the pad material.

          Either way they were MUCH better than the ones I took off.
          NO DOUBT they STINK like fish!!! WTF is that about? It was the mailing bag that reeked, I left mine out in the sun for an hour and the smell came off the packaging, but PHEW!! and I HATE fish!!! What did you think of the pad thickness? I don't have anything to compare it to? Glad they are working, I had researched other forums about them and people seemed happy.
          Bone stock 1980 Special except for the exhaust and crashbars. Oh yeah, and the scabbard for the Winchester Defender.

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            • bikerphil
              Master of XSology
              • Jan 2008
              • 8637
              • South Flori-DUH
              #4
              If it is the front Special pads you are worried about, one side of each pad is supposed to be very thin.
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              3H3 owned since '06

              "If it ain't broke, modify it"

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                • TopCatGr58
                  Administrator
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 12650
                  • Portsmouth, Va.
                  #5
                  Hey Courtney,

                  I just checked a set of EBC pads I still had in the package, and the thin edge of the pad is a hair over 3mm thick, or 0.125"..1/8" !!!! And they are not slotted!!! HTH!

                  T.C.
                  T. C. Gresham
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                    • Courtney
                      XSive Maximus
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 542
                      • Nanaimo BC Canada
                      #6
                      Originally posted by TopCatGr58
                      Hey Courtney,

                      I just checked a set of EBC pads I still had in the package, and the thin edge of the pad is a hair over 3mm thick, or 0.125"..1/8" !!!! And they are not slotted!!! HTH!

                      T.C.
                      Many thanks TC! These are actually thicker than that, so maybe all is good! Appreciate the comparison!
                      Bone stock 1980 Special except for the exhaust and crashbars. Oh yeah, and the scabbard for the Winchester Defender.

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