MORE brake squeal
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Arizona
RE: MORE brake squeal
Sounds like you are using more rear brake than the fronts. The squeals are coming from too much brake dust collecting on the back of your brake pads. You need to clean the dust off your rear wheel often. You can try to blow the dust off with a air sprayer. Brake cleaner would do the trick, as long as you don't get it on the brake pad surface.
ORIGINAL: carsoni
I have had rear brake squeal since about new. anybody else have this problem? the fronts are fine but the rear squeal is loud as hell[:@]
I have had rear brake squeal since about new. anybody else have this problem? the fronts are fine but the rear squeal is loud as hell[:@]
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Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Northern VA, Madison GA
RE: MORE brake squeal
I had front brake squeel, to get rid of it I put on the floating rotors, no more front brake squeel. Now the back is acting up now and then. I'm going to try taking the pads off, cleaning things up good and use a high temp silicon grease on the backing plates. Hope that does it, if not I'll put the floating rotor on the rear as well.
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Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Minnesota
RE: MORE brake squeal
My front brakes squealed terribly. Dealer said my pads were glazed over badly. Probably according to him that I had over heated the brakes too early. So for $119 he put on new pads. Not warranty but operator error. I have used them very lightly to prevent glazing. Well here we are about 300 miles onto them and they are starting to squeak again.
I cant afford $119 every 500 miles.
WTF should I do?
I cant afford $119 every 500 miles.
WTF should I do?
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Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 110
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From: McHenry Illinois
RE: MORE brake squeal
My brakes on 06 flhrs started doing this after about 100 miles of being brand new. When i dropped off for the 1000 mile service, they flipped the rotors on the front it has not come back. I believe this a known issue, at least with 06 touring bikes. Call your dealer, they did mine under warranty...