Ceramic brake pads
HDF Community Team
Joined: Jan 2020
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From: Colorado
What material are the rotors and what brand of pads?
You have organic, ceramic, and metallic, and depending the rotor metal, and if you correctly greased the pad backers and movement points on side of pad backers, and not using some cheap knock off pads that god only knows what the compound really is, can either have brakes that are quiet, or screaming every time you breath on the brakes.
Also, the one that really kills me, the cheap knock off pads metal parts are painted like on the Niche pads, which heats up over time to flow the paint to the rotor and pad surfaces, to really make noise between the pad to rotor surfaces as well. Simply, problem is not metal pad backer to caliper and pins that should be greased correctly, but pad material to actual rotor surface instead.
You have organic, ceramic, and metallic, and depending the rotor metal, and if you correctly greased the pad backers and movement points on side of pad backers, and not using some cheap knock off pads that god only knows what the compound really is, can either have brakes that are quiet, or screaming every time you breath on the brakes.
Also, the one that really kills me, the cheap knock off pads metal parts are painted like on the Niche pads, which heats up over time to flow the paint to the rotor and pad surfaces, to really make noise between the pad to rotor surfaces as well. Simply, problem is not metal pad backer to caliper and pins that should be greased correctly, but pad material to actual rotor surface instead.
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,699
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From: Wake Forest, NC
I have EBC brake pads, can't remember metallic or semi but they sound like angry bees stuck in a red solo cup. It bothered me at first, but I talked with a few folks who said it's normal. Now I don't even notice it.
Cruiser
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 199
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From: Innerkip, Ontario
I went through 2 sets of HD OEM rear pads and both moaned and groaned despite properly lubing the backing plates. I even tried beveling the leading and trailing edges of pads...still noisy!
Silent braking was finally achieved with:
DP Sintered Metal Pads, P/N: DP962
...also, the brake dust is much less noticeable on my rear wheel.
Silent braking was finally achieved with:
DP Sintered Metal Pads, P/N: DP962
...also, the brake dust is much less noticeable on my rear wheel.
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