squeaking front brakes

jts · Post by **jts** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:28 pm

hi
went to donnington in the rain returned in the rain then the front brakes (early brembo non abs)went noisey at slow speed ( walking pace)the brakes are fine at high speed so booked into dealer they said the pads had glazed up and the backs of them very dry so they deglazed and copper sliped them all ok for the first 5 miles then went back the same they say the pads are contaminated are they talking rubbish. also pushed the bike out to go to the world superbikes on sunday no rear brake the brake pad material was on the floor with the back plate still on the bike i like the bike but all the things that go wrong pisses me off i have fixed the rear ones now i wonder what will go wrong next can any give me any info or help on the fronts

many thanks jts

gus · Post by **gus** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:38 pm

How many miles?
Disc to wheel mount posts wear which can cause to noise your describing when braking from low speed to a stop.
Yet one more thing to piss you off.sorry!
gus

minivin · Post by **minivin** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:52 pm

if the pad materials fallen off then could it be duff pad material on all of them? Wasn't this problem noted with the RS on the recall website noted earlier?

jts · Post by **jts** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:57 pm

gus wrote:How many miles?
Disc to wheel mount posts wear which can cause to noise your describing when braking from low speed to a stop.
Yet one more thing to piss you off.sorry!
gus

hi gus
a 2000 model with 7 k i bought it with 4k on it
i spoke to darren at motorworks and he said to chamfer the leading edge on the pads as new ones have this already on them. the pads are the orginal when the bike was built by the looks of it ,could the material have lost its function be not being used by previous owner???
i will try the chamfering at let you know

cheers jts

crucial · Post by **crucial** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:23 pm

My brakes have always squealed, I've tried just about everything to stop it, but it always comes back. Pads, wave discs, worn posts shimmed, copper goo, silicon goo and i have even made up shims for the back of the pads

Apart from new calipers and a front wheel (which isn't gonna happen)there's nothing left.

I am now learning to love the squeal

I shall think of it, as character

jts · Post by **jts** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:57 am

hi
well have just chamfered the front pads still no diffrence

has anyone tried a softer brake pad material as i think the bmw brembo pads are hh compound which i think is two much for road use imho any way as i am not a heavy breaker any way

any comments advise

cheers jts

stempy · Post by **stempy** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:39 pm

WD40 usually does the trick