I was looking over the bike a couple days ago and realized that it is time for some new brake pads. Which pads are the best to put on an 03 dyna lowrider? Is there a write up on the procedure somewhere? I have worked on brakes on cars plenty but never on a bike.
Thanks,
Jay

 

Front or rear?

I just replaced my front brake disk and went with new OEM pads (p/n 44082-00C).



The 2003 Dyna Models Service manual is your friend.

Here's a link to the Instruction Sheet that came with the new pads.

My pleasure....

 

I bought Lyndall pads for my bike. 7195 Gold +. Same pads for both front & rear.

Added: Motorcycle Metal is a forum sponsor. If you click on that link, then click on the Dyna section, scroll down to 'braking' you will find some great info on changing pads.

 

I just finished rebuilding my rear caliper and m/c and used all OEM parts including the pads also. If they are good enough for HD, then they are good enough for me.

 

Stock Harley Pads com with an instruction sheet inside the box. Very simple to do. I bought a motorcycle jack at Harbor freight for 100 bucks and it has paid for itself ten time over. Good luck

 

Lyndall pads are vastly better than stock. I haven't tried the HD replacement pads but assume they are the same as the factory delivered pads. The HD pads work well after break-in, but you'll notice a big difference with Lyndall.

Talk to HogPro here on the forum or at their website. http://www.hogpro.com Robert will help you.

 

This is how I did it...

Front: Pull the caliper off, take out the 2 pad retainer bolts (12 point) and take out the pads. Compress the pistons and install the new pads. Put the retainer bolts back in and reinstall the caliper. Torque to specs. If you do not open the system, you should not have to bleed it.

Rear: Take out the two pad retainer bolts (8mm 12 point) and pull out the pads. Compress the pistons taking care not to damage the rotor and install the new pads, reinstall the pins and torque to specs. If you do not open the system, you should not have to bleed it.

Of course, Murphy's Law is in full effect anytime you work on a Harley Davidson...or an airplane.

 

so after some research I have decided to go with lyndall pads. My question is do I go with the gold plus or the z plus pads?

 

You can't go wrong with Z but if you want to add more goodness get the Gold.
Coming down, and around the mountains here in Tennessee, they are perfect.

 

so the difference between the z and the gold pads is that the gold provide better stopping power?