14-05-14, 11:55 AM
Thanks for all the advice!
Cleaned up the sprocket and got rid of all the rubbish that was stuck there.
Turns out that this wasn't the cause of the noises but it was actually the front brakes!
The brakes are binding but making noises like iv never heard before!
It sounds really rough when riding slowly and when braking theres almost a grinding, rough feeling through the lever.
Had both calipers in pieces, cleaned up everything, copper greased the back of the pads and its made absolutely no difference!
Plenty of life in both sets of pads so i dont think its that, possibly a warped disc?
Iv read a few threads on here saying that a warped disc isnt usually the case unless the discs are subject to ridiculous levels of heat, i thought the binding may have caused this but i had to ride about 15 miles last night to get the bike home (ridden very slowly and carefully) and when i got back, i checked the discs and they only slightly warm as youd expect from normal use, leading me to believe that the binding hasnt caused warping.
Really confused now and i wanna find a solution that isnt gonna result in a heavy amount of spending on new discs.
I would test them with a DTI but i dont have one :/
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Cleaned up the sprocket and got rid of all the rubbish that was stuck there.
Turns out that this wasn't the cause of the noises but it was actually the front brakes!
The brakes are binding but making noises like iv never heard before!
It sounds really rough when riding slowly and when braking theres almost a grinding, rough feeling through the lever.
Had both calipers in pieces, cleaned up everything, copper greased the back of the pads and its made absolutely no difference!
Plenty of life in both sets of pads so i dont think its that, possibly a warped disc?
Iv read a few threads on here saying that a warped disc isnt usually the case unless the discs are subject to ridiculous levels of heat, i thought the binding may have caused this but i had to ride about 15 miles last night to get the bike home (ridden very slowly and carefully) and when i got back, i checked the discs and they only slightly warm as youd expect from normal use, leading me to believe that the binding hasnt caused warping.
Really confused now and i wanna find a solution that isnt gonna result in a heavy amount of spending on new discs.
I would test them with a DTI but i dont have one :/
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[/size]Any suggestions?