Luxeey Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Just a quick question, was riding with a mate today and I haven't used my bike for about a week now and the brakes are loud as hell! I thought discs were surpose to be quiet? Any surgestions? Cheers:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Could be contaminated ? Sand pads then re bed..although mine makes a lot of noise in wet weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULtrialsguy Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 They can make noise when wet but otherwise usually contaminated. You'll need to degrease the disk and clean the pads by either sanding them as above or cooking them which burns off the contaminate. Then rebed them and they should be better than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxeey Posted November 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Ahh alright cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny00135 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) They can make noise when wet but otherwise usually contaminated. You'll need to degrease the disk and clean the pads by either sanding them as above or cooking them which burns off the contaminate. Then rebed them and they should be better than ever. Sorry to hijack this thread but how do you cook them? simply shove them in the oven? and is it safe to do this with any disk pads? Edited November 7, 2012 by Danny00135 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULtrialsguy Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Sorry to hijack this thread but how do you cook them? simply shove them in the oven? and is it safe to do this with any disk pads? My mate left them on the top of an electric cooker. It burns off the contaminate. You'll want to have a good extractor fan though as it produces quite a lot of fumes. You could probably do the same thing on a gas cooker if you put a piece of metal underneath the pad. Not sure about organic pads but I'd assume it would be fairly safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cultiv8ed_mike Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 You could waft a blowtorch at them to cook them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 cooking really doesnt work on heavily contaminated pads its only good if you have a little on surface. and be carefull as you can burn the glue holding the pad to the metal and cause the brake pad to delaminate and lose the pad material. just plain simple wet n dry on a flat table and rub the pad on it. till the surface is dusty all over. then leave the pad for a min if the dry dusty surface shows blotchy wetter areas then the pads are knackered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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