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Hanging brakes

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What is the most common cause for the scraping sound out of the front brakes? The calipers are not hung and the system is bled. Could it simply be new pads needed, they didn't look horrible but not nearly unworn either?
 
brake grinding

brake grinding

dirt on the brake pad and rotor. remove and clean with brake clean and light sand pads. remove any rust off of back of pads.
 
When I've gotten that either the caliper or master cylinder (or both) needed cleaning or rebuilt. The pistons return some but not enough.
 
my front brakes screech and squeal alot- the same no matter if are cold or warm, i use them very little
 
When I was an auto mechanic that squeeling was usually caused by replacing the pads without resurfacing the rotors. The rotor surface becomes so hard and slick that the pads overheat and glaze over while trying to slow or stop the bike from a high speed. Sometimes it can be lessened by using the anti rattle compound that comes with some disc pads on the backing plate of the pad.
 
If the sound (squealing) is the only thing that is wrong (i.e. brakes are not binding, etc.).....you can get rid of that by taking off your pads (you will see that the braking surface is all shiny), and rubbing them on a flat concrete/cements surface until the shiny/glazy look is gone. Then just re-install them.
 
sand paper works better, use a 80 grit and lay the paper on a hard smooth surface so you sand the pads evenly. then just clean every thing up with some brake cleaner and see what happens, if it still gives you problems take some very light finish sand paper and clean you rotors with that. what you are trying to do is remove the glazeing from the pads and the disk, becareful when you first take it out for a ride the brakes will be a grabyer then usale. it should help

ryan
 
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