Rear brake squeaks- 24 fatboy
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Rear brake squeaks- 24 fatboy
I just bought a new 2024 fat boy over Labor Day weekend and the rear brake hasn’t stopped squeaking.
thought it was just new brake squeak, but it hasn’t stopped squeaking.
I’ve now got a little under 2000 miles and have an appointment with the dealer to check it out but when I called the service guy told me it’s common with the new soft tails.but they could still look at it.
wondering if it’s really common or if he was just trying to avoid the appointment?
thought it was just new brake squeak, but it hasn’t stopped squeaking.
I’ve now got a little under 2000 miles and have an appointment with the dealer to check it out but when I called the service guy told me it’s common with the new soft tails.but they could still look at it.
wondering if it’s really common or if he was just trying to avoid the appointment?
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sorry for not making that clear. It only squeaks when being used, at certain levels of pressure. Like mid- firm pressure. Using it lightly to just slow a bit doesn’t seem to make any noise
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Hey man,
I have/had the same problem on my 23 heritage, posted this recently in the tech forum. I pulled my rear caliper and cleaned and lubed them, and it helped somewhat. The pads and shims/clips were all pretty dry, i dont think the moco used any grease when mine was assembled. I still have some noise at crawling speed, but its fraction of what it was, which I attribute to still being low miles. Hitting brakes slowing from speed, theyre quiet now.
--side note. I used the orange disc brake quiet material that another forum member suggested in my post below. If you go with it, its alot "liquidier" than normal brake grease, I made a mess on myself at first. If i had a tube of normal caliper grease, I wouldnt have used the orange stuff.
Rear Brake squeal on new bike - Harley Davidson Forums (hdforums.com)
I have/had the same problem on my 23 heritage, posted this recently in the tech forum. I pulled my rear caliper and cleaned and lubed them, and it helped somewhat. The pads and shims/clips were all pretty dry, i dont think the moco used any grease when mine was assembled. I still have some noise at crawling speed, but its fraction of what it was, which I attribute to still being low miles. Hitting brakes slowing from speed, theyre quiet now.
--side note. I used the orange disc brake quiet material that another forum member suggested in my post below. If you go with it, its alot "liquidier" than normal brake grease, I made a mess on myself at first. If i had a tube of normal caliper grease, I wouldnt have used the orange stuff.
Rear Brake squeal on new bike - Harley Davidson Forums (hdforums.com)
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Pull the pads and look at the back of them. You should see round marks where the pistons contact the back of the pads. Apply some grease to cover those circles and make it a little thick; like 1 or 2 mm. Harley supplies a template and the grease when you buy their pads but with aftermarket pads I just use a small brush. Contrary to popular belief, brake squeak happens between the back of the pad and the pistons and not so much between the pad and the disc.
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thank you all!
I ended up pulling the pads and caliper and scuffed up the pads and applying grease and it has helped significantly but there's still a little bit of noise. overall much better, and less embarrassing when rolling up to a stop.
I ended up pulling the pads and caliper and scuffed up the pads and applying grease and it has helped significantly but there's still a little bit of noise. overall much better, and less embarrassing when rolling up to a stop.
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