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Personally I've never found a squeaky front brake an issue, it's when it doesn't squeal you may well have something wrong it such as a pad sticking/not retracting properly, so time to investigate. Plus, in the event of an incident/accident, witnesses will hear the brake and look, and back you up on the fact you WERE braking.Sent from my X6pro using Tapatalk
Quote from: hairygit on October 16, 2018, 06:27:30 PMPersonally I've never found a squeaky front brake an issue, it's when it doesn't squeal you may well have something wrong it such as a pad sticking/not retracting properly, so time to investigate. Plus, in the event of an incident/accident, witnesses will hear the brake and look, and back you up on the fact you WERE braking.Sent from my X6pro using TapatalkIn 1982 while squeaking my way through the Leather Lane market (what a place to go) in London someone threw an orange at me....
Quote from: Athame57 on October 16, 2018, 08:27:16 PMQuote from: hairygit on October 16, 2018, 06:27:30 PMPersonally I've never found a squeaky front brake an issue, it's when it doesn't squeal you may well have something wrong it such as a pad sticking/not retracting properly, so time to investigate. Plus, in the event of an incident/accident, witnesses will hear the brake and look, and back you up on the fact you WERE braking.Sent from my X6pro using TapatalkIn 1982 while squeaking my way through the Leather Lane market (what a place to go) in London someone threw an orange at me....You may have been caught in the crossfire of that politician that "allegedly " died during a sex act with an orange tied in his mouth. In all the papers at the time, a right old tale that was.
Quote from: K2-K6 on October 17, 2018, 11:17:28 AMQuote from: Athame57 on October 16, 2018, 08:27:16 PMQuote from: hairygit on October 16, 2018, 06:27:30 PMPersonally I've never found a squeaky front brake an issue, it's when it doesn't squeal you may well have something wrong it such as a pad sticking/not retracting properly, so time to investigate. Plus, in the event of an incident/accident, witnesses will hear the brake and look, and back you up on the fact you WERE braking.Sent from my X6pro using TapatalkIn 1982 while squeaking my way through the Leather Lane market (what a place to go) in London someone threw an orange at me....You may have been caught in the crossfire of that politician that "allegedly " died during a sex act with an orange tied in his mouth. In all the papers at the time, a right old tale that was. A juicy tale!
Stop taking the pith. it’s no help to someone with a squeaky brake. Try Making some anti squeal shims for the back of the pads.
Quote from: florence on September 23, 2018, 04:45:07 PMTurning kinetic energy into sound waves is how these things stop Isn't that what a band does Steve?
Turning kinetic energy into sound waves is how these things stop
Which brake pads are you using?Are they sintered or non sintered?
Apologies for reviving this post...but have a question.I've been "suffering" for a while with the squeaky front brake and decided to change the pads. The new pads came with a big plastic washer? included in the kit, but there was no washer when I removed the old ones.Should there be one? I have a replacement phenolic piston fitted - would this retract slightly less than the standard one as I couldn't fit the pads in with the new washer in place, so wasn't sure if it is spacer or something.PS...still squealing...grrr