Dave Anscombe Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Ok How the hell do you stop a try all freewheel that skips like a little school girl......its brand spanking new rode it for around 6 odd hours Any help.....Next question.....magura louise again brand new ridden for 6 hours......hardly no bite or stoping power what so ever .Ive ran it down hills 'duncked it in the river and all that.......when i apply the brake realy hard it just makes this nasty squeak .Cheers for any help Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 NO idea about the free wheel. But maybe there's something on the rotor/pads that needs removing, just run some petrol/lighter fluid around the rotor. Or it may be a problem with the bleed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z o o !! Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) Hm, no ideas to what is the exat problem dave.Give the freewheel some more time i guess. when i had my profile new it skipped for a few days.Disc: try boiling up a kettle of water and poor it onto the disc and into the caliper on the pads and the ride around dragging the front brake, do that a couple of times and see if it helps Edited October 3, 2008 by Z o o !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Nasty squeak usually means the disc is contaminated.Freewheel - it's new, needs time to bed in. If it's still like that after say 20 hours of riding, consider contacting the shop you bought it at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiLLz Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 I also have a question (saving topic space). My disk has royal blood oil on it from about a week maybe 2 weeks ago, i have changed pads and it's abit better i know how to clean it problem is one of the screws are rounded off so i can't remove the disk. Any advice to clean it whilst its on or advice on taking the disk off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Anscombe Posted October 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hummmmmm well it came ready biult from tarty ...so i doubt it would be contaminated ( the disc that is) ......but il just poil the pads and rotor later on......white spirit......does that not contain some sort of oil that can damage disc pad brake pads ?guess its all just bedding in really hahahah im well inpatient.......cheers........Dave x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Trials 31 Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 With the freewheel, just give it some time. With the disc, you should have got a Hope! Nah, just kidding. What bike did you get anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpanzyyyy Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hummmmmm well it came ready biult from tarty ...so i doubt it would be contaminated ( the disc that is) ......but il just poil the pads and rotor later on......white spirit......does that not contain some sort of oil that can damage disc pad brake pads ?guess its all just bedding in really hahahah im well inpatient.......cheers........Dave xwhite spirit on your disk and pads??? I don't think it's a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikee Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 I also have a question (saving topic space). My disk has royal blood oil on it from about a week maybe 2 weeks ago, i have changed pads and it's abit better i know how to clean it problem is one of the screws are rounded off so i can't remove the disk. Any advice to clean it whilst its on or advice on taking the disk off? if you have a dremel or a small hacksaw, cut a slot in the top of your rounded off bolt and undo it with a screwdriver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cox. Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 i think the brake problem is it just wearing in to be honest, same thing happend with my hope toke about a week to work amazing so i guess just keep riding on it and i should get better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Anscombe Posted October 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Right what ive done is.taken the pads and rotor off the bike.......sanded the disc rotor .placed in boiling water for around 3 mins....repeated this twice......pads were stupidly black...loads of gunk......sanded them off and placed in boiling water repeated this twice alsoNow what il do is run it down a hill and hope all of a suden i fly over the bars then il be happy..il keep you updated.thanks for all the help and info guys Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiLLz Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Let me know if this works i could really do with my brake working for sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SkiLLz Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 tried it, i was thinking maybe wrap the disk in loads of tissue and burn it? maybe this will take the crap off it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Get some nice sloppy mud, smear it all over the rotor and go down a hill and get it nice and hot, then rinse it off and go and get it hot to dry it out.It's the way I've been doing it for 4 years, never failed yet. It works best if the mud is a bit gritty, it scrubs the rotors and the pads clean, then when you rinse it off it takes the crap with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Completely irrelevant, but Dave what bike you riding ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 I wasn't actually pulling his leg, that's how I've always done it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 With my try all it skipped really badly all the time initially, a quick spray of wd40 into the freewheel to thin down the grease a bit solved it Its a bloody good freewheel, i have no complaints about it.Also agree with the mud thing, seemed to work for my brake! just dont use contaminated mud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 ben - xtp 2 shorty modive never tried the mud method, but ive heard about the awesome results, so its definately worth the try matey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 I know dude, it's how I do mine as well, garunteed top results everytime.Ooooh, I thought you were being sarchastic. :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z o o !! Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 my disc has been shit lately so just been outside and done the mud theory, Going to leave to drie for a while. I will tell you how it works.If it happens to fail i had a thought, would those mud facial packs work ? the girly things that go on your face and harden ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Try it, but I wouldn't go for it. Real mud is cheaper and I doubt that the mud you put on you face is very gritty.You could also try burning the pads out with a blow torch, but be careful as this can damage the pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Brodie Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 (edited) muc-off disk brake cleaner dave say no moreas for the freewheel maybe it just needs to be ran in?try flying to the bottom of that hill and having a play about of that skate park for a while. i done silmilar with my tensile and it seemed to do the trick ride soon bud..rob..EDIT: perhaps try a little bit of wd40 in the freewheel? not much though dave Edited October 5, 2008 by Rob Brodie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 If your freewheel skips, something is mechanically wrong with it. Open it and make sure there's no thick grease in it and that the pawls move and engage correctly. The idea that a freewheel should 'break in' is ridiculous. If it skips then you're probably damaging the pawls and ratchet ring by using it anyway, so even if the grease clears out and it engages correctly after a while it may have been damaged because you ran it while it wasn't engaging properly.As for the brake - if it squeaks (Apart from a very high pitched - think bat noise - squeak as it is dragged) then the disk is almost certainly contaminated. I have a Luise I bought brand new a few weeks ago and it took about 5 minutes of pedaling with the brake on (And rubbing a bit of mud into it with a squirt of water) to get it to pretty much full power and after an hour or so of trials it was perfect. Magura say if oil gets on the pads they're toast, so you may never get it to work with the original pads. Use IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol) to clean the disk - It's available at a lot of pharmacy's, leaves no residue and will mess you up very badly if you drink it, but isn't desperately toxic apart from that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 If your freewheel skips, something is mechanically wrong with it. Open it and...This is where I stopped reading, because Try-Alls are welded shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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