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Green Stuff Failure

My right front inboard pad separated last Saturday night with a loud bang, the sound of tumbling parts and a brake pedal that went to the floor. Luckily no one was in front of me as I was moving pretty well and had to come to a stop at a traffic light. When I started moving part of the pad was jammed between the CV joint and the spindle. We stopped and removed the wheel and the pad was off the backing plate entirely, the rotor is toast as well with a chunk taken out. The brakes only had 18,000 miles on them.

 

My that is troubling. Let us know what EBC does for you after you contact them.

Welcome to M/A.

 

Grrrrrrrrr

 

I have a brand new set in the box:eek6:

 

I have a set of greenies on my Miata. Don't plan on changing them out as I'm sure this isn't happening to all EBC greens & reds. I sure will not be buying any more of them. Hope mine hold together. :fingerscrossed:

 

The carbotech Bobcats were really a nice pad--gentle on the rotors, low dust.

I use the brakeman pads now, simply because it's easier to stick with their street pads and switch to their track pads as the compounds are variations of the same theme. They are dustier than the carbotech's though.

Performance Friction is another great pad by report, although I haven't used it--supposedly low dust and rotor friendly, similar to the carbotech's.

I just ran into this thread--I have a friend running EBC's on the track, passed this on to him, on a JCW coupe, which is kind of crazy--although he is a fantastic driver (actually an instructor), and doesn't have any problems,despite the fact that they're really not track pads. He's switching to carbotechs now, as they make pads for the JCW 4 pot brakes.

 

I'm doing a bit of research on buying the right brake pads for my driving habits, thing that bothers me the most about the OEM pads is DUST! What percentage would you say the Carbotech Bobcat versus the stock OEM pads as far as performance and dust?

I'll be running Mini brand sport (drilled and slotted) rotors.

 

Check out the Cool Carbons......

 

The right color EBC for the right job.

Jason

 

Had the Carbotech's on my old EVO literally on fire! They still got me stopped at the bottom of the canyon. Didnt last for **** though. Just sayin.

 

:cornut: Welcome to MA. I'm glad that there were no injuries.

Jason

 

Wow. Those have hardly any wear on them at all.

 

Really makes me wonder if EBC had bad batch of adhesive or something. I have now heard of reds, yellows & greens coming apart.

 

Unfortunately Dave is MA's version of the poison pill..........no known cure and highly toxic.

Those who have the loudest opinions are doomed to have the smallest of voices.

 

A post that was just to over the top has been removed.

Again, lets leave personal opinions of others aside, not skewer them for a difference of opinion.

 

And that is what this thread is about.

 

Never use a hammer when a feather will do the job. Even if it's one of those lightweight hammers with a fiberglass handle.

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