CHEAP BRAKE PADS!

[wardy]

hi everyone... not Suzuki related I know but;
As I'm currently off work in this current situation (practising for retirement, some say.) I thought I'd do a mini restoration on my daily ride . a 1981 Kawasaki z400j (four cylinder).This bike has twin front discs as standard.
It was looking a bit cosmetically challenged and the front brakes were crap as the l/h calliper was not working and I'd broken off the bleed screw in it as well.
i'd rebuilt the r/h one a couple of months ago , with new pistons and seals from Z power and now it was the l/h one's turn .
I managed to get the piston out OK and then carried out a rebuild / repaint of it. I used one of those bleed banjo bolts in leiu of the knackered bleed nipple and I have to say that it works a treat. Very easy to bleed and thoroughly recommended.
The pint of all this pre-amble?............. I thought i'd treat it to a new set of brake pads as I had done the same on the other calliper.
Now, being a miser, I thought nothing of buying the cheapest set of padsI could find from a dealer in Doncaster on Ebay.
They looked fine in the pictures and they arrived today.
However, when I opened them I was dissapointed to find that the amount of friction material on them was only about 2mm's worth, no better than the ones I was taking out.Theoldones have stayed on the bike and these new ones are now in a drawer in the workshop!
I'm sure that when I bought two sets of Vesrah pads for the Kettle there was about twice the amount of "meat" on them than these I've just got.
I'm putting it down to experience as they WERE cheap, but it's warning to all... things are cheap for a reason!
All the best, and sorry about this years rally cancellation.
Andy

[Alan H]

Now, being a miser, I thought nothing of buying the cheapest set of padsI could find from a dealer in Doncaster on Ebay.
Andy

And Steve Wharton accuses us Yorkies of being economical.
It all comes out now, yer tight Lincolnshire git!!!

[stevewharton]

To be fair Wardy doesn't live too far from the Yorkshire border, so the tight-arsedness has probably crept over and yorkiefied him.
Plus in a "normal" summer season, Cleethopes is swarming with tight fisted Yorkie gits, all looking for a cheap holiday and cheap beer, so I go abroad to get away from them, usually somewhere that speaks proper english, so I can understand what they're saying.
However, and I don't often tell this, but my grandfather was a yorkie from Hull so with it being in my blood, I constantly have to stop myself from being mean.

[Alan H]

so with it being in my blood, I constantly have to stop myself from being mean.

Hmmm.......

[stevewharton]

so with it being in my blood, I constantly have to stop myself from being mean.

Hmmm.......

Hmmm what

[Alan H]

Not mean & lean, obviously.......

[stevewharton]

Try as I may to get into your yorkie head and understand what the hell you're on about, 99.9% of the time I fail, but maybe that's not a bad thing, cos who'd want a head that works like yours

[Alan H]

Me. And that keeps everyone else guessing.

[wardy]

To be fair Wardy doesn't live too far from the Yorkshire border, so the tight-arsedness has probably crept over and yorkiefied him.
Plus in a "normal" summer season, Cleethopes is swarming with tight fisted Yorkie gits, all looking for a cheap holiday and cheap beer, so I go abroad to get away from them, usually somewhere that speaks proper english, so I can understand what they're saying.
However, and I don't often tell this, but my grandfather was a yorkie from Hull so with it being in my blood, I constantly have to stop myself from being mean.

Yup; that's right. I live about 8 miles from the Yorkie border on the a18, however I've lived in Lincs all my 62 years. I've always been tight , but I can take the abuse!!!!!!!!

[Alan H]

Cleethopes

Hmm, where's that then? Somewhere between somehopes and nohopes near the dogger bank border, I suspect.