EBC brake pads

[Mervin]

If you are using these over priced pieces of shite on any of your bikes keep your eye on em, just took the wheel off my honda and one of the pads came out with it leavng the backing plate behind, had heard of this happening too other people now i have had it happen, luckily not on the road

[Mervin]

Well after a couple of mails with pictures too Andy at EBC they are sending me new pads, as they say these were old and rusty but then on an offroad type bike they are not going to be used in the dry and clean all the time, and he reckons they were probably from an old batch, as the bike is 6 years old and i cannot vouch for its life before i had it and the pads were in it when i got it but i have much older pads in the RD,s that are showing no signs of deterioration like this, but they have developed their pads with Lotus and since 2005 have been adding something to them that makes them more resistant too rust and sticking too cast iron discs
so thanks Andy

[Mervin]

In fairness to Andy i will include his words
still not sure if i will ever trust the pads again though
Also we have included an additive in pads since 2005 called potassium titanate which is an alkaline powder that balances the acidity caused at the pad friction and plate interface and stops this , which we cause a corrosion debond. This is a mod we developed for Lotus to stop pads welding themselves to cast iron rotors and we adopted it years ago for all our pads both car and motorcycle.

The number of reported debonds we get now is small and random and always on pads several years old.

[Funky]

Makes me wonder about mine. I have to admit, they don't have the feel of the previous ones I used, but I haven't had any problems other than myself under braking!

[Mervin]

Just keep an eye on em Funky
if they look like they are coming away from the backing plate bin em
it is too late when they come apart on the road
Merv

[graham22]

I don't think this is an EBC problem, I have seen the same problem on other pads.

It appears when wet or dampness gets between the pad material and the backing plate. It just rusts, expands & pushes the friction material away, particularly if the bike has been left standing having been put away wet - usually dirt bikes where you can't take them for a spin after they have been washed.

[kestrel69]

In all fairness I've used EBC pads for years & never had a problem with any of them

[Mervin]

Well result brand new full bike set of double H pads in the post this morning
Thanks Andy

[badgerKDD]

Have to admit I'v used EBC for years and never had a problem, but then thats only been on a Bandit not my new super silly Gixxer, so we'll see eh!