brakes squeel

[geezer]

glad this post is still alive. and yes i did look and i still have the rattle clip on the bike. i had a feeling that wasnt going to be the problem so next time i get a chance im going to clean off the rotor. ususally what i do is get some green scotchbrite scrubers and spray brake clean on the rotor while scrubing them. my normal reason for doing this is to help seat in new pads. what do you all think?

[Water Warrior 2]

Sounds like a plan. You can also help seat the pads with some hard breaking to warm them up a bit. Do that in a safe area and repeat a few times. Do not just ride the brakes gently on the road as that will promote glazing.

[blaine]

Originally Posted by geezer

glad this post is still alive. and yes i did look and i still have the rattle clip on the bike. i had a feeling that wasnt going to be the problem so next time i get a chance im going to clean off the rotor. ususally what i do is get some green scotchbrite scrubers and spray brake clean on the rotor while scrubing them. my normal reason for doing this is to help seat in new pads. what do you all think?

Good idea.Keeps the rotor from getting glazed. :2tup:

[geezer]

hard brakeing to keep from glazing? wow i always thought it was the other way around and you wanted to baby brakes till they sat! not hat i dont belive you but can others chime in?

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by geezer

hard brakeing to keep from glazing? wow i always thought it was the other way around and you wanted to baby brakes till they sat! not hat i dont belive you but can others chime in?

This is just to seat them. If you decided to ride the brakes gently while going down the road to seat them you would promote glazing. Seat the brakes and then ride normally.

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

This is just to seat them. If you decided to ride the brakes gently while going down the road to seat them you would promote glazing. Seat the brakes and then ride normally.

Oh yeah. A few hard breaking sessions in a safe area will tend to burn off any deposits on the brake parts and increase their effectiveness. It may sound dumb but that is my experience but feel free to ignore me, I won't have a fit or become sullen and snippy.

[geezer]

haha no water dont get the wrong idea, yeah i remember now your right :2tup: i used my trick tongith so tomorow when i take my weekend blast (slow blast) to the mountain ill see if i fixed it. i gave the gz a full lube n tune tonight too :rawk:

[geezer]

after scrubing off the rotor brakes stoped squeeling, yaya. but there back at it after only a few mins. i know if i tapered the pads i could probably get it to go way but i aint doin all that. looks like i get to live with sounding like a bus coming to a stop.

[Water Warrior 2]

Who needs a horn when you can have loud brakes. :lol:

[geezer]

exactly! but i hate the attention it realy does make people stare!