Nope, I ride in all different settings depending on terrain. Down here we ride a lot of swampy trails and lots and lots of sugar sand. I actually hardly use the breaks but it all gets up in between the pads and rotors and just eats them up. I guess I've just got used to expecting the pads to last around 4-500 miles 🤷♂️
At 8157 miles the inner pad has less meat on it than Bob's worst photo. Another 4 miles and Idda bin metal on metal. 😫 😢 😭 😰 😥 😪To lazy to look it up myself, so $176 for four wheels worth of pioneer pads, $400 for four sets of talon pads? Did you go honda? Find a aftermarket? 17,000 miles and mine are somewhere around 50% - but we're not like some hotrod kids😇Well, Crap!!
The Talon started blowing grease out of the LR inner CV boot, so I bought parts and started working on it today. It was clicking pretty bad when cold anyway. When I removed the caliper, I had a look at the pads.
Even at $176, none in stock here, so my Utah trip is waiting at least another week.
Because my trip depends on a proper fit, I'm not willing to try the Pioneer pads at this time, so I bit the bullet.
Meh..... You'll be good CID. I rode around TN for a few days with these......😳Well, Crap!!
The Talon started blowing grease out of the LR inner CV boot, so I bought parts and started working on it today. It was clicking pretty bad when cold anyway. When I removed the caliper, I had a look at the pads.
Even at $176, none in stock here, so my Utah trip is waiting at least another week.
Because my trip depends on a proper fit, I'm not willing to try the Pioneer pads at this time, so I bit the bullet.
$176 for rears only.
(Talon, not Pioneer) I looked at the fronts recently and they're good for a (short) while longer. If I had caught this earlier, I may very well have tried the Pioneer pads but - timing is everything. But yer plated so there's that. Axles (CVs) clicking yet?
I have i4wd delete switch and a Torq Locker so that ain't it. I really think it's about where you ride, like @JenElio we ride in a ton of mud, crud & sand. It get's in the calipers and just chews the pads up.
Good point. fwiw: I'm not running the I4wd delete switch and it's my rears that are gone, they shouldn't be affected. I will keep this in mind though.
I thought about asking the exact question about the I4wd.
My rears have always worn faster than the front also.
I'd have lost a lot of money on that bet, given brake bias. I had recently checked my fronts which were good for a (short) while longer. The rears took me by complete surprise.
I'm on my 3rd set, every time I've changed them the fronts have been at 30-40% left while the rears were down to or almost down to metal.
I don't think the i4wd actuates the brakes near as much as most believe.
I've been thinking about the rear brakes wearing faster. What happens when a buggy without turf or I4wd makes a corner, the inside wheel spins, if the I4wd units don't spin the inside wheel what keeps it from doing that?
For most of the first half of the Talon's life, I was in 2wd most of the time. But as I got more engaged in driving, I took to poking the I4wd button more often. Now, it's in more than it's out. It has an irritating whine with the front engaged but, since there aren't any other negatives, it's more fun because it pulls harder and I'm not burning the rears off.
Voo doo, Smitty, voo doo.
Not sure I understand what you're asking....lol. The i4wd does nothing to the rear brakes. Regardless, mine has a TL so the i4wd never does anything anyways
