simtradan Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Ive tryed quite a few things now to get my front hope mono trial to work, but all has failed at making my break sharper. What would any of you recommend doing, to give a firmer feel on the break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 What size rotar is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtradan Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 What size rotar is it?180 mm rotor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant H Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 what exactly have you tryed to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtradan Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) tryed burning rotor off, making the pads a bit more sharp, trying pads off of my old mono trial rear, pouring hot water, using some sort of cleaning agent, nd chuckin some dirt in there which kind of worked to give it something to contact with. sounds stupid, i know, but just want a descent break without having to buy another rotor or new pads. Edited May 12, 2007 by simtradan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant H Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 have you tryed burning the pads? may have got oil on them,also when was the last time they were bled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod Man Leo Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 , using some sort of cleaning agent,May have contaminated pads?if so get some very soft sand paper on a flat serface and sand just the top layer off like barly any, this will gat rid of any oil/gunk witch maybe the problemo.Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom 20 Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Have you tried riding round with your brake slightly on and then pouring cold water onto it?(not tap water as the chemicals put a sort of glaze coating onto the pads)so use bottled water like volvic or something .Then just do this a few times and it should be sharper, works everytime with me Hope it helpstom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaky Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) If your pads are contaminated then (unless the contamination is very recent) the oil (or what ever the contaminant is) will have seeped deep into the pad and unless your very lucky, sanding the pad will not get rid of all the contaminants (from my experience).The best way I have found to clean contaminated pads is to soak them in degreaser (I use industrial Petroleum Ether) in an ultrasonic bath. Unfortunately for most people they don't have access to either of these but if you have then your onto a winner because it works an absolute treat! The best bet for you other wise is to just leave your pads soaking for a good day or so in degreaser so that it can properly soak into the pad (warning! some degreasers might react with the glue that holds your pad together!!). Once you have dried the pads off and put them back on the bike you will probably find that you have to kind of bed them in again with some heavy breaking and maybe a bit of dowsing with water once you have heat in them.Like I say, you might be REALLY unlucky and have your pad fall apart if the degreaser reacts with the pads glue but if not and it works then you've just saved yourself buying some new pads!!Oh, and another tip, make sure you have thoroughly degreased your disc before putting your pads back in or you will just end up contaminating the pads again. Edited May 12, 2007 by Peaky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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