GZ 250 Forums - View Single Post - '01 Front brake pad replacement, too thick?

BladeVortex · 01-14-2019, 01:02 PM

Update:
The bike moves after I did a brake fluid flush. It still has quite a bit of friction. I'm going to do some hard stops to see if it fixes things.

Update 2:
Did not work.
After a call to Sixity who made my brake pads, we did some research and found out that there are 2 forms of the GZ250's front brake pads, the FA106 and the FA106/2. They are the exact same shape, but they have different pad thickness. The FA106 pads are 7mm thick and the FA106/2 pads are 9.5mm thick, so FA106 will fit into a bike that can take FA106/2 but NOT the other way around. I will be needing to sand my pads down to make them fit. I believe that all GZ250's take the FA106 and will not
take the FA106/2, so buyer beware.

I hope that this helps someone who's running into trouble with their pad replacement.

01-14-2019, 01:02 PM	#2
BladeVortex Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 20	Update: The bike moves after I did a brake fluid flush. It still has quite a bit of friction. I'm going to do some hard stops to see if it fixes things. Update 2: Did not work. After a call to Sixity who made my brake pads, we did some research and found out that there are 2 forms of the GZ250's front brake pads, the FA106 and the FA106/2. They are the exact same shape, but they have different pad thickness. The FA106 pads are 7mm thick and the FA106/2 pads are 9.5mm thick, so FA106 will fit into a bike that can take FA106/2 but NOT the other way around. I will be needing to sand my pads down to make them fit. I believe that all GZ250's take the FA106 and will not take the FA106/2, so buyer beware. I hope that this helps someone who's running into trouble with their pad replacement. Last edited by BladeVortex; 01-14-2019 at 01:45 PM.
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