Grayedout
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Fitted a new set of rear pads to the Tourer not long before the lockdown but barely driven it since until last weekend when I did a 200 mile trip. When I got home I noticed the offside rear wheel was very hot and indicative of the brakes binding.
Had a look yesterday and pads were free (already ground the edges off when fitted), the sliders were free, the piston was free and the handbrake was not binding so at a bit of a loss. Then happened to look at the back of the inner pad and noticed a dimple that has been half squashed and with a bit of investigation worked out this lined up exactly with the edge of the piston and was causing the pad to be pushed over at an angle and hence binding. Ground the dimple off and tried it again and all fixed but the heat had damaged the pads so had to get another set.
Fitted these last night and again had to grind the edges off to allow the pads to move and now also ground the dimples off to stop the above problem.
Why are all rear pads the same? Anybody fitted genuine Honda pads? Are these the same?
Some images for reference.
Had a look yesterday and pads were free (already ground the edges off when fitted), the sliders were free, the piston was free and the handbrake was not binding so at a bit of a loss. Then happened to look at the back of the inner pad and noticed a dimple that has been half squashed and with a bit of investigation worked out this lined up exactly with the edge of the piston and was causing the pad to be pushed over at an angle and hence binding. Ground the dimple off and tried it again and all fixed but the heat had damaged the pads so had to get another set.
Fitted these last night and again had to grind the edges off to allow the pads to move and now also ground the dimples off to stop the above problem.
Why are all rear pads the same? Anybody fitted genuine Honda pads? Are these the same?
Some images for reference.