Slightly damaged brake surface

davidwilcock

Hi,

Has a minor crash at the weekend and noticed an odd noise when braking on the front wheel.

Had a look and noticed some minor scuffing to the metal brake surface on my wheel rim. Its over a small area, say 2x1cm. It doesnt seem to be affecting the braking at all, just makes a noise whenever that part of the wheel passes against the brake pads.

What would you do here, sand down with some course sand paper, or something else?

Thanks
David

forward_loop

If its light enough for you to still see the machining marks I probably wouldn't bother it will probably stop after a couple of rides as the brake bloke re-wears. If its deeper and you use wet and dry, you might well still get a noise

rolf_f

Alternatively, if it is loud enough to hear, then it will probably use up a lot of brake pad before it polishes flat. A bit of wet and dry shouldn't do any harm - not sandpaper- and it doesn't need to be very coarse; the alloy is pretty soft. Don't try to make the marks disappear completely - just remove anything that is sticking out.

UndercoverElephant

Sounds like your wheel is out of true.