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Squeaking brakes

  • 24-07-2006 12:34pm
    #1
    Ghost Rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭


    Last week I returned from 10 days abroad to find that the brakes on my bike have started to squeak. I've replaced the pads and I've subsequently adjusted them three or four times and, although I've managed to make them more effective as brakes, both front and back still squeak like bastids.

    I've also tried toe-ing in the leading edge of the brake pads but this has made no difference. And I've tried removing oil from the rims using absorbent kitchen towel. The rims seem pretty clean but the squeaking continues unabated.

    Obviously my brakes work fine so this is not a critical problem. It is irritating, though. Any suggestions?


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  • #2
    beans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭beans


    On my v-brakes recently the front would howl whenever the lever was half-depressed, people would be visibly shaken when I braked close to them! Adjustments were made so that both pads contacted the rim at the same point in the braking manouvre and it's almost resolved the issue


  • #3
    Ghost Rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭Ghost Rider


    Mine seem fine in that regard.

    Hmmm...
    beans wrote:
    On my v-brakes recently the front would howl whenever the lever was half-depressed, people would be visibly shaken when I braked close to them! Adjustments were made so that both pads contacted the rim at the same point in the braking manouvre and it's almost resolved the issue


  • #4
    kona
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    why do you have oil on your rims??? youl need more than kitchen towel to get rid of oil, that is prob your problem. it has to do with the angle of the brake meeting the rim.


  • #5
    mockerydawg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭mockerydawg


    Make sure both pads are contacting the rim at the same time, and also gently sand your rims using a fine sand paper.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
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    toe in normally does it so the front touchs first.

    what type of brakes ?
    are they the canteliver with the ball joint ?

    check that brake arms aren't loose either

    maybe it's just till they bed in


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  • #7
    Ghost Rider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭Ghost Rider


    Haven't heard the sandpaper suggestion before. I'll give it a bash - I mean, a rub.

    Someone asked why there's oil on my rims. It's a good question. It's either stray oil from my spray can or it's oil I picked up from the roads around town. The former seems more likely.

    As for what brakes I have, they're the "v-brake" style cantilevers.

    mockerydawg wrote:
    Make sure both pads are contacting the rim at the same time, and also gently sand your rims using a fine sand paper.


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