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Just ordered my first set of brake pads and chose the
Carbone Lorraine pads based on recommendations from Lee. Got them from Spiegler since Beemer Boneyard was out of stock for one of them and I did not want to wait.:
CL2396RX3 (rear)
CL1232XBK5 (front)
Anyone here use these and are they prone to squealing? Don't like squealing and my BMW pads have never made a single noise.
I will be doing an installation video of course and also a review at some point thereafter.
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I'm sort of surprised you are changing brake pads with the mileage you have on your bike. I think you are in the 30,000 mile range. I'm putting on another set of tires later next week and will see if mine need changing at 62,000 miles. They were fine at 52,000 miles when I installed the current set of Dunlop Roadsmart III tires.
As you have experienced I've had no noise from the BMW OEM brake pads and will likely use the same pads again when I have to replace them.
Keep us updated.
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(08-15-2018, 07:37 PM)darrell Wrote: I'm sort of surprised you are changing brake pads with the mileage you have on your bike. I think you are in the 30,000 mile range. ...
Yep, 31,150 miles or thereabouts. Last time I looked (when I had the front wheels off to change the tires at 26,000 miles) I believe they had between 1 - 2 mm on the front pads. The limit is 1 mm. I just wanted to have the pads on hand for when I decide to make the change, but I don't believe that the original pads will make it to 52k miles as yours have. I commute daily and that is likely the reason.
I also got a vacuum bleeder in preparation for a brake fluid change. That might happen before the pads are changed.
Speaking of mileage - the Dunlops have 5100 miles on them so far and are wearing quite nicely. Should be able to get 10k miles out of the rear and maybe more out of the front.
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I was surprised that the workshop reckons I need to change my rear pads at 30,000km but granted I didn’t actually check them before handing it over like I usually do.
So they probably figure it won’t make it to the next service.
The quotation made me inadvertently laugh in their ear and so I just said no it’s fine I’ll do it when it’s really done.
Quite likely I’ll get the SBS options as that’s readily available to me.
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