I'd take them apart and give the calipers and pins a good cleaning. then reinstall with new silicon brake grease on the backs of the pads and slider pins. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: MrViggy <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:19:38 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Squeaky brakes Brake dust is another contributor to squeakiness. However, I'm not sure how common that would be with a bike (nothing really enclosing the brakes like a wheel on a car). And, yep, some material is just squeaky. Racing brake pads are like that. When they are cold, they squeak a lot until they heat up to their normal operating temps. Another contributor is the metal on metal contact of the pads and the calipers. However, I don't know how similar these are to a car's disk brakes. Viggy On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > I think some materials are just more noisy than others. I think the > organics are the ones that have this issue. I am not sure what exactly do > you mean by squeaky, but when I put new pads on my NH a couple of years ago > the first thing I noticed was the sound they make while braking. I think it > was worse at the beginning than now. > > Javier. > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:05 PM, gabe guindon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey fellas >> >> My 84 650SC's front brake is pretty squeaky. Didnt notice how bad it >> was til I road it a few blocks with no helmet. anyways, the pads are at >> about half life and the rotors dont seem bad to my untrained eyes. is there >> anything i can do to minimize the squealing? >> >> thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
