Brake squeal...

[Aaron]

What's that all about?

[Stu]

build up of brake dust or brake pads moving against the piston

clean calipers and smear some copper slip on the back of pads

[Guest]

build up of brake dust or brake pads moving against the piston

clean calipers and smear some copper slip on the back of pads

 

DO NOT put copper slip anywhere near the pads even on the back of them!! Buy some brake/chain cleaner Wurth make a good one it cleans and evaporates leaving brakes free of dust and grease etc. If you get any copper slip on your discs you'll wish you went for the cheaper option of the cleaner and it wont hurt!!

[spunky1976]

build up of brake dust or brake pads moving against the piston

clean calipers and smear some copper slip on the back of pads

 

DO NOT put copper slip anywhere near the pads even on the back of them!! Buy some brake/chain cleaner Wurth make a good one it cleans and evaporates leaving brakes free of dust and grease etc. If you get any copper slip on your discs you'll wish you went for the cheaper option of the cleaner and it wont hurt!!

 

copper slip on the back of the pads will be fine,haynes manuals say use it most garages use it too. if you get it on the disk or the friction side of the pads then its a different story.

[Aaron]

I'll give it a try,thanks.

[Aaron]

Ok... i had a look on youtube (i don't know my way around the vehicle yet). Can someone who know what they're doing sanity check this for me? Thanks.

* Undo bolts to remove calliper.

* Remove calliper.

* Remove pin/s to get pads out.

* Pump the brake just enough to get the pistons showing without falling out.

* Blast with some cleaner to clean out the calliper and pistons (I figure i can't go wrong with an aerosol that evapourates).

* Give the back of the pads a clean and apply a little copper slip.

* Push pistons back in.

* Reassemble in reverse of dissasemble.

Now, in addition to that, is it ok to just remove the bolts and then put them back? or are they locktite etc?

Assuming the steps are correct, bearing in mind i'm not a comlete muppet (i think), is this something i can do myself without worrying? Presumably there are some jobs which are best left to people who know what they're doing, but the vids i saw looked fairly simple.

Thanks

[MacLean]

Ok... i had a look on youtube (i don't know my way around the vehicle yet). Can someone who know what they're doing sanity check this for me? Thanks.

* Undo bolts to remove calliper.

* Remove calliper.

* Remove pin/s to get pads out.

* Pump the brake just enough to get the pistons showing without falling out.

* Blast with some cleaner to clean out the calliper and pistons (I figure i can't go wrong with an aerosol that evapourates).

* Give the back of the pads a clean and apply a little copper slip.

* Push pistons back in.

* Reassemble in reverse of dissasemble.

Now, in addition to that, is it ok to just remove the bolts and then put them back? or are they locktite etc?

Assuming the steps are correct, bearing in mind i'm not a comlete muppet (i think), is this something i can do myself without worrying? Presumably there are some jobs which are best left to people who know what they're doing, but the vids i saw looked fairly simple.

Thanks

 

Thos steps look more or less right.

Although I would still say you should have a haynes for you're specific bike?

My brake caliper bolts have a bit of coper slip on em, no lock tight but check with you're haynes.

Can you do yourself without worrying, well its no doubt brakes are an area where you want to take great caution. As long as you follow you're haynes and do exactly what it says and torque up bolts exactly as it says, then it should be a piece of cake. I changed the lines and disassembled my calipers a few months back and this was my first time working on brakes. So far they're still working great so if I can you can! Just dont rush!

[Aaron]

Thos steps look more or less right.

Although I would still say you should have a haynes for you're specific bike?

My brake caliper bolts have a bit of coper slip on em, no lock tight but check with you're haynes.

Can you do yourself without worrying, well its no doubt brakes are an area where you want to take great caution. As long as you follow you're haynes and do exactly what it says and torque up bolts exactly as it says, then it should be a piece of cake. I changed the lines and disassembled my calipers a few months back and this was my first time working on brakes. So far they're still working great so if I can you can! Just dont rush!

 

I just saw that there is a Haynes manual for my bike now. Back in February there wasn't but it looks like theres a new one out for er-6 2006-2010. I've ordered it from amazon for < £15. bargain.

[Guest]

had a link on here in guides and manuals....... http://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/view ... 27&t=24934

manual for ER6,

http://cid-9e0ddcb0b813d946.skydrive.li ... 6/er6f.pdf

[Stu]

thats pretty much spot on

the only real worry is to make sure you dont pop the pistons out use a block of wood between the calipers to stop them coming all the way out

if one does pop out you will need to bleed the full braking system on the front!!

[Guest]

thats pretty much spot on

the only real worry is to make sure you dont pop the pistons out use a block of wood between the calipers to stop them coming all the way out

if one does pop out you will need to bleed the full braking system on the front!!

or remove the pads and put the caliper back on the disc, disc should stop pistons being pushed out fully...

[Aaron]

had a link on here in guides and manuals....... http://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/view ... 27&t=24934

manual for ER6,

http://cid-9e0ddcb0b813d946.skydrive.li ... 6/er6f.pdf

 

Thanks. I'll have a read of this while i wait for my manual to arrive in the post.