Grove Brake Pads

[Shadowrider]

Hey Guys! Called grove to order some new brake pads and they needed a part number. Searched my manual and all I can come up with is the Kitfox part number. Called kitfox, and they sell brake pads but you have to rivet them together. Grove has the per-assmebled pads. They couldn't tell me what brakes pads to get and kitfox only has a part number that correlates to kitfox. Anyone have a part number for pads? I have the STI with cabane gear and dual piston brakes.

[Eric Page]

This table shows that the Kitfox uses Grove's 31-5M caliper. The upper right corner of this page shows the pad assemblies for the 31, 32 & 33-XX calipers.

Aircraft Spruce sells two brake pad rivet tools for just this job, one at $29.50 and one at $37.75. One of those and a kit of pads and rivets makes the job a heck of a lot cheaper than buying pre-made assemblies.

There are two EAA Hints for Homebuilders videos that show the replacement process (Servicing Disk Brakes and Replace Cleveland Brake Lining).

[Shadowrider]

Thanks for the info! Drove down to the airport and found the part number on my caliper. (33-5M) Okay so looks like pre-asmbleled are close to 400$ and if you rivet them on yourself they are 50$. That is quite the difference!

[Eric Page]

Yeah, even at today's prices that buys a fair amount of high octane, ethanol free gasoline.

[Shadowrider]

Thank you for the info and video. I am going to order up the nicer of the two tools on spruce and get a set of pads and rivets coming from kitfox. Thanks again!

[alexM]

Thanks for the info! Drove down to the airport and found the part number on my caliper. (33-5M) Okay so looks like pre-asmbleled are close to 400$ and if you rivet them on yourself they are 50$. That is quite the difference!

Holy cow. I drive a German car and would be floored by $400 pads. I always wondered why anyone would bother riveting their own, and now I know.