Brake Squeeling
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Brake Squeeling
I have quite a bit of pad toein on my front Avid Ultimate V brake and it was quiet for a while. Now that the brake pads have worn a bit they are starting to squeel. Any ideas on how to quiet them? Since I never have squeel on my road bike caliper brakes would replacing the shoes with road bike shoes help?
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We had a simlar problem in our tandem, we tried toeing, sanding, filing, cleaning the rims... nothing worked. We replaced tha pads with CoolStop pads and it took care of it.
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Originally Posted by TandemGeek
Try toeing them out before trying new pads.
-Is "toe in" bringing in the leading or trailing end of the pad in contact with the rim first?
-What's the best approach to adjust toe in/out? I've got Avid V brakes as well.
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Originally Posted by Murrays
Two questions:
-Is "toe in" bringing in the leading or trailing end of the pad in contact with the rim first?
-What's the best approach to adjust toe in/out? I've got Avid V brakes as well.
-murray
-Is "toe in" bringing in the leading or trailing end of the pad in contact with the rim first?
-What's the best approach to adjust toe in/out? I've got Avid V brakes as well.
-murray
Years ago you had to bend the brake arm with a crescent wrench but nowadays you'll find that most of our brake's use a ball & socket adjuster comprised of a convex and concave washer on each brake pad. To adjust the pads you loosen the brake pad bolt, put a shim under the trailing edge of the brake (anything will work, L-shaped folded dollar bill, scrap of paper, thick rubber band, etc..), and then align the brake pad to fall on the center of the rim while applying slight pressure to the brake lever. Once you have it all lined up, you snug down the brake pad bolt. For rear brakes on tandems, if you dont' have a helper you can make a cheap "third hand" brake tool out of a toe strap. Rather than putting it around the brake arms, I use it to pull the brake lever towards the handlebars until I get the right amount of tension. I only work one pad at a time and then do a final check to make sure the left and right are parallel.
You'll also find that Park Tools has a description of the process with photos on their Web site 1/2 way down the page at this URL: https://www.parktool.com/repair_help/...arbrakes.shtml
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Or you can do it the easy and non sientific way. I just use an allen wrench and loosen the pad up some. Then point the front or the leading edge of the pad in and make sure you have the pad alligned with the rim and not touching the tire. Hold the pad in place and tighten it up. If you do not hold it then it may twist on you. Try it out to see if it squeeks. If it does, then repeat the process and toe it in even more. Keep doing it until its quite.
I just did it to my new Burley and could not belive the amount of toe in I needed on the Avid 7 V Bakes to make them quite. The factory setup was exreamly noisy so bad that my stoker complained rather profusely. 8-)
I just did it to my new Burley and could not belive the amount of toe in I needed on the Avid 7 V Bakes to make them quite. The factory setup was exreamly noisy so bad that my stoker complained rather profusely. 8-)
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Change away from the pad you are using and try another manufacturer. I always us shimao blocks on my bikes, and put up with the squealing. At least I do not have to fit a bell.Another way out is to take the bike for a wet ride. This always seems to work for me.
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. . . also, clean rims with rubbing alcohol to get off buildup on rim; also check/clean brake pads.
Then do the toe-in bit as suggested. If all else fails, get new pads.
Then do the toe-in bit as suggested. If all else fails, get new pads.
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Again a Brake Booster always help, increase braking power since the brake post don't flex and as a side effect reduce harmonic vibration in a big way,,the main reason why brakes make funny noises..
oviuslly i well set up brake is a good start, but is always some room for improvement
oviuslly i well set up brake is a good start, but is always some room for improvement
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Do brake boosters help on all frames, or just the ones with lighter tubing?
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Originally Posted by ricardo kuhn
Again a Brake Booster always help, increase braking power since the brake post don't flex and as a side effect reduce harmonic vibration in a big way,,the main reason why brakes make funny noises..
oviuslly i well set up brake is a good start, but is always some room for improvement
oviuslly i well set up brake is a good start, but is always some room for improvement
actually on a side Note, some forks have the eyelets for the brakes to close(cross, tandem forks) so maybe will be dificult to find a brace that fits, or to far like on downhill rigid forks..If that is the case I make my own out of Fenolic resins or carbon fibre plates
NOTE: If anybody know were to find some DKG brake booster please let me know,, so far I have 13 of them but I need about 5 more to complete all my bikes with them...color kind of irrelevant, i can anodize them in no time..
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Originally Posted by zonatandem
Never heard that flexing brakemounts cause/create harmonics . . .
lets call it High frequency low amplitude resonating cacofonic wave...