Front Disc Brake Squealing (Juicy 5)

mikeyj28

Hi

I have got a Juicy 5 front disc brake from new. It has a 185mm rotor. When i start off riding for approx 5 miles it has a squeal when the front wheel keeps turning. Then it seems that the squealing goes after the brakes have been used a bit (i.e. heavy brake use such as going down a fairly longish hill).

If the brakes then don't get used for a while the squealing returns but nowhere near at such a loud squeal.

Then when i go on my bike again the next time (few days later) the squealing returns and the process starts all over again.

The noise is really irritating and can give me a headache after a while of hearing it!

The rotor isn't catching on my fork and it doesn't seem to be catching on the brake pads.
Could the rotor be catching on the brake unit attached to my fork (where the pads are contained etc)

I think i have worn my pads in correctly and in total have done about 40-50 miles of XC riding on the bike with the disc.

Any help is appreciated.

nicklouse

sounds like the caliper need adjusting.

see the topic in the FAQs and the article linked in the Tech links above for more help.

mikeyj28

Thanks

Maybe its be being dull but it doesn't say much about caliper setting. Just pad tweaking, brake bleeding, topping up fluid etc.

Whats the possible reasoning behind the temporary squealing that lasts until the brakes seem to have been used a fair bit in a shirtinsh space of time.

Again bit dumb but i thought the calipers just screwed into the fork & not much else could be done? Unless you fiddle with pads etc.

saracen fan

try centrallising the caliper.....do this by loosining the bolts just enough so you can move the caliper side to side (within the bolt holes)
then pump the lever several times and then hold the lever on whilst you re-tighten the bolts.
this will centralise the caliper and may cure your problem.

mikeyj28

Thanks Saracen Fan

Help is much appreciated. I shall try out your theory tonight and see if it works.

konadawg

mikeyj28 wrote:

Thanks Saracen Fan

Help is much appreciated. I shall try out your theory tonight and see if it works.

..its not a theory

liverlips

I used this stuff and it fixed my squeeking disc brakes . http://www.squealout.com

TowerRider

liverlips wrote:

I used this stuff and it fixed my squeeking disc brakes . http://www.squealout.com

Tell me IF I am wrong BUT that is an absolute con/scam. What are steps 1-3 (the use of advertised product - with no previous posts) for? The instructions later say to repeat steps after 1-3 which sort of shows it is a scam.

liverlips

You know this is the last time I'm going to join any of these sites, just about every time I post suggestions to help, someone always has to say scam spam etc. What a waste of a forum to not be able to help fix a problem. Im a mechanic of 22 years so I don't need help from anyone on here my post was to help YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!! No one ever has a fix for this problem EVER it always ends up as a NO FIX.

And really I don't care cause my brakes don't squeal now , and yours do . So go ride and enjoy the turkey . Im leaving this site .

saracen fan

errrrr........did I miss something?

TowerRider

saracen fan wrote:

errrrr........did I miss something?

Yeah he/her joined the site and posted spam for a product that just appears to me to be a scam. Got sussed so spat dummy out and wrongly stated I had a problem with brakes. I actually have had squealing brakes before but just sprayed cleaned my disc and sprayed the caliper/pads with hose pipe and this fixed the problem in 2 mins.

Jack_is_Back

liverlips wrote:

I used this stuff and it fixed my squeeking disc brakes . http://www.squealout.com

That photshop of the tub of product is hilariously bad.