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deltarider:

--- Quote from: Johnwebley on January 07, 2024, 08:16:29 PM ---Those pads look ok

The bit filed away is to stop squealing

Use A LITTLE  coppa slip around the moving pad and on the hump of the fixed pad,

Could also help

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Ha! That's exactly what I did! I have this little 35 year old tube with coppa paste, and although the cap has been missing for more than 30 years, it comes out just as easy. Amazing stuff. I used it sometimes on sparkplugs threads and always on the two big bolts in the caliper and the 8mm studs at the bottom of the front legs.

Sesman:
Did I read somewhere that the solution to stop brake squeaks is to shim the piston/ pad? Maybe a myth…

Bryanj:
Yes a myth.
Slight pitting 15 years ago means a new piston now to me PLUS as has been discussed many times a new seal with the groove meticulously cleaned out.

As far as i am concerened brakes have to be perfect as we only have one neck to break

Sesman:
For clarity, the attached is bollox?

https://motorcycleproject.com/text/brake_ills.html

Johnwebley:

--- Quote from: Sesman on January 08, 2024, 10:56:03 AM ---For clarity, the attached is bollox?

https://motorcycleproject.com/text/brake_ills.html

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For clarification

On the 500,a nylon washer which fits between the pad and piston is often included with new pads

But what it does is a mystery,

I tend to find, the harder you use the brake, the less squeal you get

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