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C4bird
Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 09:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
For about the last 100 miles my front break has been giving me a not so sweet song. What do you guys/gals suggest to fix it, that is with out replacing the pads : ) I did everything per the owners manual on break in, so not sure where it went wrong.
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Xb9
Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 11:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I did a day at the track and got the rotor nice and burnished - that cured the squeak!
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Darkice19
Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 12:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
You might have been too easy on it and polished it. Need to drive the heck out of it and grind some of the pad off.
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C4bird
Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 05:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I have been trying : ) Brought the rear tire off the ground today.... Squeeked the next time I used it. Would dragging it a bit to get it really hot help? It seems to be getting louder.... : (
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Spectrum
Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 - 10:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Inspect the gaps between the pads. You may have a pebble or something lodged in there.
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C4bird
Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 12:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Just checked, no pebble or any other foreign objects. May have time to make a canyon run tomorrow, I'll give it a good workout if I do. : )
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New12r
Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 02:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Just use them, ONE good stop wont fix it.

99.9% of all squeaky brakes are caused by the user. Dont ride them to a stop, make them STOP you.

Dragging the brake is only gonna make it worse.
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