Squeeky Brakes!!

[2E]

For those at the white hart, and laughed as my brakes let out the squeel as i left.. thanks!!:shooter

Now will changing the pads etc sort this out?? as the brakes work fine (a fair bit of travel on the back one but 10X better then the CBX) its not really bothered me much, but id love to stop the bike squeeling everytime i come to a stop, and im pretty sure theyll need a change anyway (no service history) so will that sort it or is there another method i should try first..?:grin1


Note*: the bike will be off-the-road possibly for a few days as i am wiring up a CD-Headunit (Speakers/Sub-woofer/Amplifier) into the fairing but dont worry everything will be surface-mounted so im not drilling out the fairing other then to thread cables through...:grin2 So itll probably get done then, just waiting for the parts to come through..?

[bayonet]

Is it one of the rear drum brake 550s? If it is, start by removing the rear wheel and wiping the brake dust out of the drum with a damp rag. Then see if it goes away. (If you have a rear disc see paragraph below.)

If the brakes still squeal then apply a small amount of copper grease to the back of the pads in the front brakes and make sure you still have the springy shims present that stop the pads vibrating.

[FUBAR]

Hiya

thought this might help

Sometimes a loud noise or high pitch squeal occurs when the brakes are applied. Most brake squeal is produced by vibration of the brake components, the pads and discs squeal should not negatively affect brake stopping performance. Simple techniques like adding chamfers to linings or greasing may help to reduce squeal.

Cold weather combined with high early morning humidity (dew) often makes brake-squeal worse, although the squeal stops when the lining reaches regular operating temperatures. However, some lining wear indicators are also designed to squeal when the lining is due for replacement.

An age-old trick is to put a small amount of copper slip (copper grease) onto the back of the pads where they contact the brake caliper piston and on the pad shims, if present. While this will normally stop the squeal, getting grease on the pads or disks will affect braking performance.

Dust on the brakes may also cause squeal; there are many commercial brake cleaning products that can be used to remove dust and contaminants from the brakes.

Greetz

[superstacker]

DO NOT PUT WD40 on your brake disks!

Not like our step brother ian did to me!

[DoGbOt]

Clean the dust off the calipers & pads & put some copper slip on the bake plate of the pads usually works

[Tark]

^^^^^^
What He said

[fall off]

Clean the dust off the calipers & pads & put some copper slip on the bake plate of the pads usually works
but take care as the copper slip can react to alloy.