MeridaHFS Posted December 20, 2011 Share My back brake makes one hell of a noise when I use it - be it downhill,level road. I've cleaned pads and rotor and even had the spokes tensioned again as the manual mentions this can cause sqealing. At the moment it feels as if the whole back of the bike wants to dissintegrate when I brake(I also wake up half of the neighbourhood in the morning!)Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad890 Posted December 20, 2011 Share have got the same brakes and what a pain lol, both front and back squeel like a pig being skinned alive. what i find is that its generally due to contamination what works for me is i sand the pads just a little so that the black crud comes off then grip them with a pair of pliers and burn the back of the pad with a lighter till they stop smoking and spray some "white lightning brake and chain cleaner" onto the pads and put a spark to it to burn off (watch out the stuff is super flammable) and give the rotors a wipe as well. generally that sorts it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeridaHFS Posted December 20, 2011 Share Ok, I can try that! The worse that could happen is I burn the garage down and claim a new bike with a different brake set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulk Posted December 20, 2011 Share My back brake makes one hell of a noise when I use it - be it downhill,level road. I've cleaned pads and rotor and even had the spokes tensioned again as the manual mentions this can cause sqealing. At the moment it feels as if the whole back of the bike wants to dissintegrate when I brake(I also wake up half of the neighbourhood in the morning!)Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Same brakes, and the front is allways noisy. The back is fine. Heck! Darn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift01 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Read this on their site one day: bit of copper grease between the piston and the back of the pad sorts it out. The GF has had no problems at all since she bought the Storm SL rotors and the preformance pads. Been going a year now and no problems at all (without the grease) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad890 Posted December 21, 2011 Share bit of copper grease between the piston and the back of the pad sorts it out. Just be a little careful when doing this, as i had the BBB pads, and the back of the pad had little holes in the metal bit where the pad stuck through a little bit for attachement and the grease seeped through and contaminated the pad had to then sand and burn the back of the pad to de-contaminate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeridaHFS Posted December 21, 2011 Share Have done the grease thing(running genuine magura pads on currently)but worked for a few km's only. Think I'm popping down to CWC tomorrow and getting new pads - maybe that will help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift01 Posted December 21, 2011 Share The GF had loads of problems. We tried various rotors and makes of pads. Been a year now with not a squeal, she bought SL storm rotors and the preformance magura pads. If you have magura rotoors I woud suggest getting the preformance pads. The last just as long as the normal. I have heard many times u should only use margura parts on magura brakes only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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