BB5 and the dreaded gobble...

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Permalink Reply by Jason Gardner on July 3, 2011 at 8:32am

you can sand down the corners of the pad material so there's not such a sharp edge. Just enough to round the corner. That has helped.  Are you using the bb5 rotor?  Some of the overly drilled out rotors make that noise more; the bb5 rotor is not usually that bad.

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Permalink Reply by Todd H. on July 3, 2011 at 5:03pm

Never heard/thought about sanding the pad edges... I'll have to try it, thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Todd H. on July 20, 2011 at 11:37am

Hey Jason, meant to get back to you before... Tried your tip and it seems to have worked great!  Thanks...

 

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Permalink Reply by Alex on July 20, 2011 at 1:49pm

Jason's solution seems to have work for you.  Here's another that worked for me:  put a couple of drops of automotive brake pad shudder stop (CarQuest - neon orange) between the back of the pad and caliper.  It apparently is a polymer that dampens the harmonic vibration that seems to occur when the caliper clamps up on the rotor... worked for me. It was $10 and comes in a bottle large enough to last me 15 lifetimes of riding - no mini-size available, unfortunately.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Gardner on July 20, 2011 at 2:09pm

Agreed with Alex.  That stuff works great too.

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Permalink Reply by Todd H. on August 11, 2011 at 4:48pm

Never heard of that... I'll have to check it out... seems like I have it under control now, though.  Swapped out the front rotor and beveled the pad edges... thanks!

 

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