Why do my brake pads keep glazing?
06-16-08, 10:33 AM
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Why do my brake pads keep glazing?
After each ride, my brake pads are glazed.
Is this because the pads are old or because the of the rims?
Is this because the pads are old or because the of the rims?
06-16-08, 10:44 AM
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1 - How long have you had the pads?
B - What do you do to them between rides?
3 - What do your rims look like?
B - What do you do to them between rides?
3 - What do your rims look like?
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06-16-08, 11:30 AM
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1. Ive had the pads for over 10 years.
2. Inbetween the rides, i use sandpaper to clean the pads so it's not glazed.
3. My rims have black streaks that run all the way around.
So is the problem my pads or my rims?
I have new pads waiting to be installed, but im worried that the same thing will happen.
2. Inbetween the rides, i use sandpaper to clean the pads so it's not glazed.
3. My rims have black streaks that run all the way around.
So is the problem my pads or my rims?
I have new pads waiting to be installed, but im worried that the same thing will happen.
06-16-08, 11:31 AM
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First thing- clean those rims
edit: also 10 year old pads aren't well known for great braking either
edit: also 10 year old pads aren't well known for great braking either
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1. Ive had the pads for over 10 years.
2. Inbetween the rides, i use sandpaper to clean the pads so it's not glazed.
3. My rims have black streaks that run all the way around.
So is the problem my pads or my rims?
I have new pads waiting to be installed, but im worried that the same thing will happen.
2. Inbetween the rides, i use sandpaper to clean the pads so it's not glazed.
3. My rims have black streaks that run all the way around.
So is the problem my pads or my rims?
I have new pads waiting to be installed, but im worried that the same thing will happen.
06-16-08, 12:10 PM
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Im not sure about pads, someone else can say about that
It will weaken the wheel though, either true it yourself or let someone else do it
It will weaken the wheel though, either true it yourself or let someone else do it
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Sounds like we're being repetitive.
-New pads. Pads harden up over time.
-Clean those rims.
I've used Simple Green, a scratch pad and elbow grease. Make sure you don't get the Green on your new brake pads.
-New pads. Pads harden up over time.
-Clean those rims.
I've used Simple Green, a scratch pad and elbow grease. Make sure you don't get the Green on your new brake pads.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
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yeah Ive got a big bucket of old pads.
there scary when I fit those to a bike.
think there for the trash
there scary when I fit those to a bike.
think there for the trash
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P.S. If you are running alloy wheels, which I'm sure you are from the problem you're having, the streaks are because of that. If the pads are ten years old, your wheels are too, right? The braking surface may have worn through any anodized coating or braking surface to the layer below it. So you are now braking on the actual wheel substance.
Try a different set of wheels. Does this happen fore and aft?
Try a different set of wheels. Does this happen fore and aft?
