emergency brake pad friction materail
02gf74
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Ok, so my bike maintenance scheme had a bit of a fail yesterday when the rear brake started to make a horrible noise - pretty sure it is due to one worn pad, so my ride yesterday had to be cut short.
Since I have a few bike fitted with different brakes (Shimano, SRAM, Formula), it is not overly convenient to carry a spare set of pads for each type so I am asking is there some material that can be put in between the pad and disk as a temporary 'get back home' type fix.
It needs to be quite thin and be cuttable with scissors.
I was thinking of perhaps cardboard or leather (weren't brake pads made from leather back in the day?)
Any other ideas welcome.
Since I have a few bike fitted with different brakes (Shimano, SRAM, Formula), it is not overly convenient to carry a spare set of pads for each type so I am asking is there some material that can be put in between the pad and disk as a temporary 'get back home' type fix.
It needs to be quite thin and be cuttable with scissors.
I was thinking of perhaps cardboard or leather (weren't brake pads made from leather back in the day?)
Any other ideas welcome.
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The leather I have is too thick to fit and cardboard bends when trying to fit the wheel.
(I wasn't aware it was already 01/04/2022)
As above, if the braking force can tear pads off the backing plate then you're never going to secure anything else in there as a roadside bodge.
To get home that day I just stuck the rear pads in the front.
Since then I always keep and carry a set of worn pads with me, better than nothing, would get you home or allow you to finish a ride.
As above, obviously forget the D.I.Y. pads idea, get your wallet out, buy a new set of pads for all your brake types and replace, then keep the part worn ones to carry as spares.
1. It's 26 Oct.
2. Material won't shoot out the same reason why pads don't shoot out. Friction material is bonded to pads that sit in a gap in the calliper body. It is the calliper body that prevents pads shooting out.
If the friction material is not stiff, I can foresee the rotor dragging the material towards the front of the calliper.
What pads do you need? I might have some spare part worn ones. I'll stick 'em in the post for free. 👍
Marin Nail Trail
Cotic Solaris
Leather might work as a friction material but how will you attach it to the backing plate to keep it in place? Unless it is properly fixed it will simply ruck up and either jam the rotor or be forced out, leaving you back where you started.
As suggested above, just carry spare pads with you/on the bike.
And it all promised so so much”
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See my second post. I do inspect my pads regularly so the friction material came off on a ride and I suspect drop downwards.
An option is to carry numerous pads weme or tape the relevant ones to the seatpost.
When I started with hydraulic brakes, my intention was to standardise on shimano xt 4 pot which are long out of production., and as new bikes were added, along came different brands and models.
So if you are going to post, how about suggesting something that may work as a temporary trackside fix as it would be useful for all of on the rare occasions we run out of friction material on our pads rather than being critical.
Quite sensible to carry pads, innertube, zip ties a quick link and a multi tool if you care so much about a ride being ruined.
Pads are inexpensive.
Brakes are important.
Do not attempt a bodge fix under any circumstances, even if it's only temporary.
Buy spare pads and carry them along with the rest of a basic trailside repair kit.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
If you don't want to pay for spare pads just accept you might have to cut a ride short if that happens!
Brake pads are relatively cheap and can save your life. Nothing will work as a temporary trackside fix. Just buy spare pads and keep them with you or taped to the bike. That is far more useful and will be be infinitely more successful than trying to cut bits of cardboard or leather to fit.
Have you searched the web for emergency friction material for bicycle disc brakes? If you do you will get a null return. Why? Because it’s a stupid idea.
And it all promised so so much”
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As for doing a search, which I haven't done, gives 0 results perhaps because nobody thought of doing it?
That does mean it's stupid idea.
If you Googled television before logo baird had come up with the idea, you would have come up with zero results. Does that make it stupid?
Not in my book.
As someone pointed out it is a rare failure so I'm not going to lose sleep over it.
Answer; very.
Marin Nail Trail
Cotic Solaris
You say you don't want to carry around different sets of pads but you are happy to carry around different shaped pieces of cardboard or leather. What's the difference (apart from pads being useful & effective and cardboard or leather useless)?
I understand the logic behind your thinking but honestly cannot think of a solution other than carrying or attaching spare pads to your bikes.
And it all promised so so much”
Giant Trance 2 27.5 2016 ¦ Sonder Broken Road 2021¦ Giant Revolt Advanced 2 2019 ¦ Giant Toughtroad SLR 1 2019 ¦ Giant Anthem 3 2015 ¦ Specialized Myka Comp FSR 2009
I am not sure. You have no chance.
[Although I still think you are a pedant}