Originally Posted by
Jude
I just got a pair of Kool Stop brake pads for the first time and put them on. The rear pair is screeching like a couple of pigs raping each other every time I brake. Any idea why this could be? It's just the back, not the front, and the pads were all put on at the same time.
I've had Kool-Stop salmon color pads that could not be de-squeaked, no matter what the adjustment. It happened on newer, less-worn rims. The only solution was to replace them with Kool-Stop
black pads, run them for a while to bed in the rim, then switch back to salmons.