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Check Your Disc's Folks

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:49 pm
by Boxadog 2000
Put new brake pads in last week and found they were binding and also squeaking, only managed to get around to investigating the problem today.

And the problem was

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The complete washer has a break in it and the other two were all that was left and the missing two were not there at all.

Phoned South London Motorcycles (really nice people) Man says they have plenty so after a 90 mile round trip (in the car) the job is done, no more binding or squeaking.

The moral of this story is to check your brakes REGULARLY.

Bob

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:34 pm
by bigblackfalco
Bob....what did I tell you about all that polishing?! Now go and stand at the back of the classroom till hometime. :)
Bailey

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:13 pm
by Boxadog 2000
Must be Solvol Autosol Fatigue.

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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:20 pm
by julian
Bob

Are they the expensive BMW washers on the wheel pillars or the stock wavy washers behong the roll-pins?

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:22 pm
by Boxadog 2000
Stock wavy washers as supplied as standard