{"id":911,"date":"2025-05-22T16:08:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T23:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/?p=911"},"modified":"2025-05-24T19:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T02:04:42","slug":"front-brake-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/22\/front-brake-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Front brake job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After over 15k miles, it was time for a front brake pad replacement. It wasn&#8217;t because of any sounds or dragging, I based it on the miles. I decided to go with the OEM Honda brand pads, Part Number: Front Brake Pad (Set) &#8211;&nbsp;HO06455-MKC-A01, I went with the OG pads rather than from third-party companies. There is still pad material remaining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_0272-1-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_0272-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_0272-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_0272-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I probably could have gotten more miles out of the front pads, but since this was my first replacement, I didn\u2019t want to risk having a metal-to-metal condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_0380-1.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_0380-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_0380-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_0380-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Replacing a 6th generation Goldwing front disc pads is probably one of the easiest setups I\u2019ve ever done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_2025-05-22-172327-1-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_2025-05-22-172327-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_2025-05-22-172327-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_2025-05-22-172327-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The key to replacing caliper style pads is to make sure you compress the pistons as far it will go. I used a plastic body tool to compress the pistons. The plastic material is safer to use for preventing scratches to the piston and caliper. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After over 15k miles, it was time for a front brake pad replacement. It wasn&#8217;t because of any sounds or dragging, I based it on the miles. I decided to go with the OEM Honda brand pads, Part Number: Front Brake Pad (Set) &#8211;&nbsp;HO06455-MKC-A01, I went with the OG pads rather than from third-party companies. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/22\/front-brake-job\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Front brake job&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-talk-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_2025-05-22-160714-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1365","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":929,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}