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That's more in line with what I was thinking. Was surprised to see these other comments of much shorter replacement intervals.
I suppose it comes down to what kind of miles. I do a fair amount of extended highway riding where I might not touch the rear for hundreds of miles at a stretch.
I could of went a while longer for sure, but thought as long as I have em off, and as big of a pain to get around that rivet, I''ll just replace them. Cheap insurance
Carl, I'm gonna take your advice and grind that rivet a bit. Thanks
124,000 on my FLT. Changed rear @ 32k because the pads separated from the plates. Replaced them again at about 85k and turned the rotor (to thinner than specs) and today pulled and measured the original front pads. Looks like they'll run another 50-75k. 7500 miles on the rear tire so I'll be checking them in about 3k - 4k miles.
Checked my log. Rear pads at 52708 + about 3, call it 56K. I think I'm still running those pads. I rebuilt the MC and caliper at 74K + about 4, call it 78K. Pads were still good so I left them alone and put them back on. Mileage differences are due to busted speedo senders and cables.
I had so much trouble getting the rear caliper off that when I finally did, I ground that stupid rivet down on a taper so it wouldn't hang up again.
Originally Posted by Jag Jim
I could of went a while longer for sure, but thought as long as I have em off, and as big of a pain to get around that rivet, I''ll just replace them. Cheap insurance
Carl, I'm gonna take your advice and grind that rivet a bit. Thanks
On the Road King pads theres a rivet In the center of the pads
When you go to pull the caliper, it gets hung up on the rivet
Took a bit to work the caliper
Not sure if the softail has the same type of pad
the way it looked in the video I saw, the softail pads came right off
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