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R1150R SQUEAKY BRAKES???
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:46 am
by kantuckid
I just got in from first ride-1250k-on 2003(3000K) non-abs bike. What say you riders on the brakes being noisy in front-they work great, just noisy! What about pulling the pads and putting some noise reduction goop on them? Is this associated with the OEM pad?
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:34 am
by challey
I think that the squeal is is a common complaint with the R front brakes. My '03 has been noisy from the day I picked her up, except under a hard stop. Since the squealing doesn't really do anything but annoy, I decided to just put this in the fairly large BMW category of "they all do that".
I'm sure if you seach the archives, you'll find some suggested cures.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:51 pm
by Buckster
I am not sure there is a cure. My Yamaha did the same thing.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:02 pm
by Sunbeemer
Blow or rinse the dust out of the calipers and wipe down the rotors, it'll stop for a while until they get dirty again.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:47 am
by DK
My front brakes always made noise just before I came to a complete stop. It was that slow speed at the end that would cause it. Last summer I put new tires on and had the front pads off; after I reinstalled the pads, the noise stopped
I don't know what happened, but they've been quiet ever since.
DK
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:36 am
by chris
Mine used to squeal. It wasn't until I read this that I remembered it stopped all by itself...
Re: R1150R SQUEAKY BRAKES???
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:11 pm
by jm1515
kantuckid wrote:I just got in from first ride-1250k-on 2003(3000K) non-abs bike. What say you riders on the brakes being noisy in front-they work great, just noisy! What about pulling the pads and putting some noise reduction goop on them? Is this associated with the OEM pad?
Mine were real bad...to the point of being embarrassing.
When I changed tires at ~11500mi, I pulled the calipers and gave everything a good cleaning w/ BrakeKleen.
Lubed the back & sides of the pads very lightly, the retaining pin, and the bottom of the metal retainer where it contacted the top of the pads. I used synth caliper grease you can find at any auto parts store.
I also used an emory cloth and GENTLY cleaned the rotors...
That was 6500mi ago and my brakes have been real quiet since....
