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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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Squeaking on both front and rear brakes on my RG. I'm in the middle of putting the blue disc brake quiet on the back of the pads.
I saw somewhere on here that I should sand the pad down. Anyone have an idea how far to go, they have some pretty deep groves from the rotors?
Should I use some emery cloth to clean up the rotors?
 
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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if you have the pads off still ,bevel the edges of the pad lead and trail edge at something like a 45* angle.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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Thanks Bill, I'll try beveling both edges.
Any thoughts on the cleaning the face of the pads, sand all of the grooves out?
 
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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You just want to scuff them up just enough to remove an glazing.
 
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Why the grooves? What does the rotor look like?
 
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill03E
if you have the pads off still ,bevel the edges of the pad lead and trail edge at something like a 45* angle.
You are right. Mine squeaked when it was new. I beveled the edges and they stopped. I put new brakes on last week and beveled them and no noise. I think the grooves in the pads are to get the dust from between the pad and rotor
 
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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Well I did all three and no rear brake squeal.
I've got the front brakes off now giving them the same, bevel, buff the pad, and add the brake quiet to the back of the pad.
Thanks guys for the heads up.
 
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