Rear brake pads for an 06 600.

[jday240]

How much should I pay for a set of rear pads? I bought it used with 3001 miles and the rear rotors scrape like the pads are shot. Anything special about changing them?

[Ythen57]

They are very simple to change about 20 minutes to do...check cp's website he may sell pads for them.

[Qweezark]

http://store.58cycle.com/

$26-36 depending on which ones you get.

I got the galfer HH ones and love them...

[reconstyle]

Rear pads shouldn't be shot after 3k miles...

I'm a "heavy" rear brake user and after almost 6k mine still had plenty of life left.

Are they squeaking? If so, you just need a good clean and lube.

It will cost you 5 dollars for a can of brake cleaner and a scotch brite pad...

Changing out the pad probably won't help you.

[The CyberPoet]

Figure $27 is what they'll cost you through most local outlets, like your dealer. Because brake pads are heavy (makes shipping expensive), they are rarely worth ordering mail-order IMHO.

You really ought to replace the caliper piston seals as well at the same time (est. $12) and disassemble the pistons from the calipers and clean them ($4 in brake cleaner, $5 in fresh brake fluid). If you find any pitting on the piston cylinders, I do carry the whole rear rebuild kit here (seals + pistons as a single kit).

There's a good write up on how to do the rebuild here on KR (I know because I wrote it up, with input from Black_peter interspersed through-out).

Cheers,
=-= The CyberPoet

[mharrison]

Can't you also get a "bad brake" sound out of the rear brakes if the wheel is not lined up correctly?

[Cale_Kat]

You might want to consider organic instead of the HH sintered pads for the rear. They offer low rotor wear and are not as sensitive for people that are a little heavy on the rear brake.

My brake pad replacement included HH sintered pads for the front and organic for the rear. Works great for me.

[AzCyco]

You guys use yer rear brake. wow. I took mine off.. Haha..
Wouldnt goto a local stealership. Hit up yer local mom & pop shop, give them the business. I shopped around and found them cheeper than Ride Now(which is the only place near me)..

HIJACK !!!
Hey, I found some caliber paint at the local auto store. That stuff any good? I want to paint mine red, but figured I'd ask first, since CP is back..

[reconstyle]

yea, i used it on my buddies gsxr, sprayed about 3 or 4 coats. Looks pretty good actually.

Just make sure and do it during a rebuild because the surface has to be CLEAN for the paint to set like it needs to.

I think we used the dupli-color stuff from aap.

[AzCyco]

cool.. Yea. I'll be rebuilding mine here soon.. Not that they need it or anything. But they just turned 9k, so a new rebuild wouldnt hurt. Prolly do it when I need new brakes.
Right on.. Then I'll pick up a rattle can of that paint and see how it goes..!!

[jday240]

Thanks for the replies - I haven't taken them off yet so they may just need to be cleaned and lubed. I will get a price from the local repair shop for the parts just in case.

[debdrew03]

Know the torque to use on the caliper bolts?

[yunggunz87]

I paid 30 bucks for mine. I just changed mine about 3 or 4 days ago

[The CyberPoet]

Know the torque to use on the caliper bolts?

98+ Rear Caliper Mounting Bolts - 19 ft-lbs.

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet