Yellowstuff ECB Brake Pads

[Blueribbon]

Background first: Because of a warped brake disk, had to take off the hub which is on a spline. (Hub and disk are the same piece.) Rear calipers are on a three loop coil of steel line, rather than rubber, so had to tie them up with wire.


I went to 7 brake shops before I finely found one that could chuck up the hub in their brake lathe. Each one told me, OH yea, we can turn any disks, even AFTER I told them there were part of the hub. Anyway, the guy that finely did them had about a 3/4" arbor that he had a couple tapered pieces that slipped into the spline and could chuck the hub up tight. They let me see the set-up and the left disk was out of round probably 3/64". Turning job was kind of crappy, but they at least the disks are straight.

I had the emergency brake drum turned also. Believe it or not, it is a small (probably 6 1/2" in diameter) shoe brake that rides inside the hub, on the right side only. Though I don't use it, it had a lot of rust on it.

While apart, we put on a new set of pads (Ultimax 2 EBC DP105-OE) which Roadsmith told me were more aggressive than "standard" pads. When in fact they are what is sold by ECB as "standard" pads. With 21K miles on these pads, there were only worn about 40%. I bet these pads would go 50K miles.

Has anyone actually tried the ECB "yellowstuff" pads - P/N DP4105R. ECB tells me they are much more aggressive. One on line place has them for $82 + $12 shipping.


The pads [DP-105-OE] are NOT soft yellowdstuff as I was in the impression from Roadsmith. EBC WHOLESELLER is in Las Vegas, and I am going to try them and get the straight skinny on "yellow" pads. The correct yellow compound pads are ECB DP4105R. Next time I'll try the yellow.


I'm re-posting on this board and see where it goes.

 

[mhgoldwing]

A friend and I both ordered the Yellowstuff EBC pads from Roadsmith for our trikes. After the PROPER BREAKIN, see EBC website, we both rated the pads at a 30% increase in stopping power.

Before breakin is complete, especially on initial use, they're very grabby and will lock up a wheel immediately. After breakin they work just fine without the grabby characteristic at all. Love them.

Pay special attention to the breakin procedure as I believe it is very important to success. YMMV.

 

[dirtdobber]

First thank you for your service to help keep us free.

I spoke with roadsmith yesterday. I had planned on odering the new style pads. They informed me that all kits come with them in the kits now. Been doing it for a year now.
Now whether they are referring to the EBC yellow pads or not I don't know.
I will say this though, I am not disappointed in the braking power. It will stop quick in a emergency.

 

[Blueribbon]

A friend and I both ordered the Yellowstuff EBC pads from Roadsmith for our trikes. After the PROPER BREAKIN, see EBC website, we both rated the pads at a 30% increase in stopping power.

Before breakin is complete, especially on initial use, they're very grabby and will lock up a wheel immediately. After breakin they work just fine without the grabby characteristic at all. Love them.

Pay special attention to the breakin procedure as I believe it is very important to success. YMMV.

A couple questions for you. Did you keep the part number of the pads you put on? Was the metal portion of the pads yellow? Did it say "yellowstuff" on the outside of the box?

I also ordered yellowstuff pads from Roadsmith and got ECB Ultimax 2 EBC DP105-OE, which are standard ECB pads. (I did not think on checking for an ECB website, since the pads were from the UK.) Maybe they made a mistake or maybe Roadsmith said the ECB pads were better than standard pads. I don't know which, but after installation I found out that there were NOT Yellowstuff pads.

 

[mhgoldwing]

The EBC Yellowstuff pads we received were # DP4105R. It appears you received an OE replacement that is supposed to be an improvement. If you're happy with the stopping power then enjoy.

Check all the EBC pads at Summit Racing:

http://www.summitracing.com

 

[Solidbob]

Now have 8,600 miles on our EBC Yellowstuff DP4105R Pads that I received from Taylor @ Roadsmith / the pads are un-marked and Black with a red Breakin Coating and have Roadsmith printed on the back side. If you compare these pads to the stock Original Old Style pads they are longer and cover the whole brake puck with the spacer made on them. The original pads had the pad and a thin spacer and it all didn't line up correctly and didn't provide an even push when braking against the rotor. The New Pads correct this issue and work great after breakin as stated previously, if you really need to squeal the brakes that is now available. We don't use our parking brake a lot but we do use it occasionally to keep the condensation rust from forming and impreginating the set of Emergency Pads.... +! on the New Pads and I'll give them in my case a 50 - 60% increase in braking power.. Just my FYI !!
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[scribe5]

I bought the yellowstuff pads to replace the ones I had on my 05 Champion. The red coating on the pads is just for break-in. The pads are colored yellow on the sides of the pad. I've been using them for about 5,000 miles and they stop much better than the stock Pagid brand brake pads that came stock with the Champion kit. And they are cheaper.