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Am I the only one that finds the brake pads to be wearing extremely fast? I am already almost on the second set, (900km's) I hardly use the things because i gear down to slow speed. all i can think is that in the mud i should have the slotted rotors to help the mud get out. maybe i should just see if i can find a place to re-pad brakes not sure if anybody does this anymore. A side question is if everyone with bigger tires has the feeling that you need to stand on the brakes just to slow it down. The brakes just seem weak to me or maybe this has something to do with the pads wearing.

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Am I the only one that finds the brake pads to be wearing extremely fast? I am already almost on the second set, (900km's) I hardly use the things because i gear down to slow speed. all i can think is that in the mud i should have the slotted rotors to help the mud get out. maybe i should just see if i can find a place to re-pad brakes not sure if anybody does this anymore. A side question is if everyone with bigger tires has the feeling that you need to stand on the brakes just to slow it down. The brakes just seem weak to me or maybe this has something to do with the pads wearing.

Kevin

It's probably the mud. I mountain biked for many years and found that on rain days with muddy trails, we could go through a set of disc brake pads on one ride. Otherwise they would last and last. With my big tires, I still brake OK but would like it to be better. I don't really need to stand on the pedal. With 15" wheels, I plan on making larger disc when I get around to it.

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The brakes seem really bad to me as well. I have blead the brakes a few times and they still do not support the weight of the Trooper on the side of a steep hill. Good thing there is the E-brake to back up the main ones, it has gotten me out of a few sticky situations.

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I agree, the e-brake is handy and it seems to work way better and it takes less pressure. maybe the leverage on the brake pedal needs to be changed to give a person more leverage on the cylinders. It seems if you really stand on the pedal the unit stops "OK".

I just found a shop in Red Deer that re-pads brakes I told him my trouble and he said that he has had lots of guys with the same trouble and with the pad material they have the brakes last alot longer.

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I think that the best thing would be if someone could find double piston calipers that would bolt on, it would be worth the $ to switch them out.

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Hi all,

We seem to have brake pads, just no stopping power... I have bled the breaks. Several times...... manually and with a brake bleeder, talked to joyner mechanics, etc.

Just can't seem to get proper braking. Sometimes it's a hard pedal with no play. Sometimes a normal feeling pedal with no stopping power, sometimes a pedal to the floor.

I've checked for leaks in the system. The actuator up by the fluid bowl acts up once in a while....so you put your toe under the pedal and pull up. Then it works for a bit. the emergency brake works great!

I'm just perplexed.....anybody have any input?

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Hi all,

We seem to have brake pads, just no stopping power... I have bled the breaks. Several times...... manually and with a brake bleeder, talked to joyner mechanics, etc.

Just can't seem to get proper braking. Sometimes it's a hard pedal with no play. Sometimes a normal feeling pedal with no stopping power, sometimes a pedal to the floor.

I've checked for leaks in the system. The actuator up by the fluid bowl acts up once in a while....so you put your toe under the pedal and pull up. Then it works for a bit. the emergency brake works great!

I'm just perplexed.....anybody have any input?

make sure your calipers are able to float I have noticed mine arent and it is just wearing the inner pads off on the back. I am just going to check and clean the slide pins and that should help.

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I have noticed in the past, thta some of the pushrod adjustment is incorrect. This would be the pushrod that goes into the master cylinders. It needs to have a little slop when the pedal is released. If it is tight and not able to wiggle in and out slightly it won't allow the hydraulics to bleed off or re-charge for the next application.

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