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Screeches to a stop

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OK, this one's been driving me crazy for a few weeks now. On occasion when I'm coming to a stop there's a screeching/scraping sort of sound coming from the front of the bike. It doesn't happen every time, I can't make it happen, nor can I really nail down a set of circumstances other than I need to be going creepy/crawly slow, say 2 MPH. The front wheel spins freely and smoothly; the brake does not seem to be dragging. The wheel bearings are a year old, as is the tire. Put DBQ on the pads; they're EBC organics and less than a year old. The brake does not squeal at all in use. It also happens whether or not I'm using the front brake. Just cleaned the caliper which was quite clean anyway, and replaced the master cylinder. No noticeable issues at higher speeds.

If there was a tendency that I could claim, it would seem to occur more when I'm turning left.

Any thoughts on what I might look at?
 
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Whens the last time it had new pads? MY 78 1000C did the same and new pads made it all good.
 
Hi,

Try some caliper grease between the back of the brake pad and the brake pad shim. You do have the shims, right?


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
BassCliff said:
Try some caliper grease between the back of the brake pad and the brake pad shim. You do have the shims, right?
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Did you see this?
mike_of_bbg said:
Put DBQ on the pads; they're EBC organics and less than a year old.
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I'm going to take a wild stab here and guess that "DBQ" is "Disk Brake Quiet".
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Just one more example of "please folks, you have all the buttons on the keyboard, please use them". :pray:

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I dont no vut ur prblm 1s... ;)

Yes, Steve: DBQ = Disc Brake Quiet. My apologies.

Between the pad and shim (yes, it's there) is where half of the Disc Brake Quiet is. When opportunity strikes I'll try cleaning the pad and using caliper grease instead. Pretty sure I have a packet of that laying around.

Steve said:
Did you see this?

I'm going to take a wild stab here and guess that "DBQ" is "Disk Brake Quiet".
shrug2.gif


Just one more example of "please folks, you have all the buttons on the keyboard, please use them". :pray:

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