SuzukiSavage.com - Front brake squeel

4carbcorvair Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 175 Maine Gender:	Front brake squeel 06/29/08 at 17:07:33 My new 07 S40, front brakes squeel pretty bad when applied. Just turned 200 miles today. Any suggestions?
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Re: Front brake squeel
Reply #1 - 06/29/08 at 17:15:30

Normal. The OEM pads squeak like a mouse after cheese.

You have 2 choices. Live with it or swap them for a set of aftermarket ones.

The best of the aftermarket are EBC. I recently replaced the sinterd (gold) pads with organinc (red pads) the reds are alot quieter, but do not have the same stopping power that the sintered ones do.

It is a balancing act between quiet operation and stopping power. You have to compromise somehwere inbetween.

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Sandy Koocanusa Serious Thumper Offline Don't blame me. I didn't vote for him. Posts: 1878 Bigfork, MT Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #2 - 06/29/08 at 17:28:40 Skrapiron, the question I have is: Will your NEXT set be red or gold? I need to start thinking about a new set soon too. Guess I better read up on a new category of Savagery.
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ChicagoRider YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 25 Chicago suburbs Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #3 - 06/29/08 at 19:02:14 FYI - my 20007 s40 has the same sqeek problem, you're not alone. I just try to igone it...
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #4 - 06/29/08 at 19:27:24 You can take off your pads and get a rubber like stuff to put on the backs of them,It will keep them from vibrating thats what causes the sqeeking,all auto stores have it.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #5 - 06/29/08 at 22:43:03 washing with soap and water will eliminate the squeak for a while. brake dust seems to collect and I think it causes the noise. sooner or later it will happen with the rear too.
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SV og LS Full Member Offline Kawasaki ZZR 1200 Posts: 236	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #6 - 06/30/08 at 03:12:55 I've never had a disc brake squeal in my LS or SV with OEM or aftermarket pads and I've ridden about 140 000 kms together on these two bikes and I've never used any anti vibration stuff. Do the Savage OEM pads really squeal if the disc's rubbed squeaky clean and pads are not glazed?
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #7 - 06/30/08 at 04:15:34 I have had about 15 bikes over the last 36 years the only brakes that squeel where the last two. Suzuki 1500 and s40
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Re: Front brake squeel
Reply #8 - 06/30/08 at 04:29:42

bill67 wrote on 06/29/08 at 19:27:24:

You can take off your pads and get a rubber like stuff to put on the backs of them,It will keep them from vibrating thats what causes the sqeeking,all auto stores have it.

Thats what i tried for my squallering front brake and it didn't cure the problem. (Spray can)... Walmart has that stuff cheaper than a parts store btw..
I called Suzuki Dealer and he suggested filing a beveled edge to the leading edges of the pads.. I haven't tried it yet, i'm kinda just living with it. When i have time i'll try it though..
I've tried cleaning the disc with brake cleaner & soap and water and it helps temporarily..
EBC brand brakes squeel too.

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4carbcorvair Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 175 Maine Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #9 - 06/30/08 at 05:02:39 Thanks. I figured the pads are probably metallic pads. They squeel loud, an emarassing loud, not just a light squeak. I'll try cleaning them up, if that doesn't do it, I'll either live with it or change them out.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #10 - 06/30/08 at 05:19:46 I took off the stock pads of at 100 miles and replaced with EBC and coated the backs and they haven't sqeek since.
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SimonTuffGuy Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline i like to thump... ;) Posts: 1159 Central PA Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #11 - 06/30/08 at 06:12:31 Mine does it too... Looks like I'll be swapping them sometime soon then.
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #12 - 06/30/08 at 07:25:49 try a little 600 grit on the rotor
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skrapiron -FSO Serious Thumper Offline Instant Human.... Just add coffee.. Posts: 1456 Pittsburgh, Pa Gender:	Re: Front brake squeel Reply #13 - 06/30/08 at 13:48:10 I'm going to stick with the reds. Ive put nearly 5k on the bike since I installed them in April. Nary a squeek or squeel. It doesn't have the grab that the golds do, but I'm not interested in doing nose wheelies any time soon.
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