VERY Offended!!!!!

[Brian MP5T]

Or just run OEM...

 

[Maxx Mazda]

"s*** Lube?"

(lol)

 

[Black_Protege_5]

Yea you could just run oem. But those suck too IMO.

 

[YellowMP5]

i had good experience with oem from the start. i can't say my hawks are that much better.

 

[Black_Protege_5]

Yea Hawks are just running off their reputation over quality now.

 

[RaiderMS3]

47K miles on original brakes for me!

 

[Brian MP5T]

I'm running original pads on X-Drilled at 70,000 Km..

 

[Protege52003]

i run my autozone wagner's on x-drilled/slotted and they are fine! equal if not better than OEM. i have to remember to lube those metal pad clips next time i have the wheels off. i think my rear pads hava been rubbing a little since last fall.....has not been causing any problems though......

-R

 

[kcbhiw]

Yea Hawks are just running off their reputation over quality now.

Soooo, because they make noise, they're running off of their reputation?

Hawk pads are manufactured for performance/racing applications. They are not a product intended for normal street driving. Noise and dusting is inevitable. If you want quiet, clean brakes, stick with stock and kwitcherbitchin.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

What are people doing to have trouble with the Hawks? Guess I just lucked out & got a set before the rep over quality thing started because my HPSs with Brembo C/S rotors have been nothing but stellar on a street car. Minimal dusting, hardly any more than stock. Only noise was for first few days while pads were bedding in with new rotors then all quiet & stop on a dime no locking up wheel action just like super ABS or something. Over 45k on this set up with 1/3 pad left & no problems, not even the sticky guide pin thing or dragging ass rear pad thing. And no I'm not tryin to sell anybody on this setup so buy whatever.

 

[chuyler1]

I didn't lube anything when I did my brakes...what has to be lubed?

 

[aMaff]

Slider Pins

 

[chuyler1]

what do those look like?

 

[aMaff]

You're looking at the #2's. Just get a little tub of brake grease, grease the pins, and slide them through the hole and repeat until it's smooth and there's no grabbiness.

 

[sanblaster]

Should be two on each caliper if I am not mistaken.

 

[aMaff]

Should be two on each caliper if I am not mistaken.

yeah, but the ones that are not "removable" are inaccessible without disassembling the entire caliper. Also, those ones are pretty much sealed, so they *SHOULD* be fine. Also, that diagram is for "Front Brake Removal / Assembly" from the shop manual, and it says nothing about greasing the other pin. Oh, they'e called guide pins in the manual, same concept.

 

[chuyler1]

ahhh I see. The howto on this site does not mention lubing...I am going to post in it now to see if I can get someone to update it.

So only the guide pin you remove has to be lubed right? ...with brake grease?

 

[aMaff]

yeah