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Subject:Re: Brake Pads Squeak
From:David Bjorkman
Date:Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:25:35 -0500

<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Hi Jamie;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>I ran into this squeal problem on one of the rear brakes after a complete brake rebuild.&nbsp; It seems one of the brake shoes moved out a bit where it goes into the brake cylinder.&nbsp; It caused quite a bit of annoying noise when brakes were applied.&nbsp; I pulled the wheel, pushed the shoe back into place (just a tiny bit) and that solved the problem.</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Dave B.</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 08/27/12, <SPAN>JRodgers&lt;jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">Jamie,<BR><BR>In addition to Jim's little trick with the spray, another little trick<BR>that helps is to file a small bevel on the leading edge of the brake pad<BR>leading into the disk as the disk turns.<BR><BR>John Rodgers<BR><BR>On 8/27/2012 5:59 PM, Jamie Fitterer wrote:<BR>&gt; On my 84 westy, I have replaced the brakes and they squeak something terrible. One mechanic said that everything looked alright, but maybe they were too hard of pads? What pads should I get any suggestions?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR></DIV></div>