Squeaky Brakes

Hi all,

I'm proud to say that I'm a first time owner of a 2001 SV650S..

It's been an awesome ride.. but I've noticed that my rear brakes squeak really loud.. I apply even pressure to both my front and rear but it's really noticible that it's coming from the rear... At slower speeds I just use the front brakes and they don't squeak... The bike is extremely cherry, but I've just recently noticed this..

Any ideas of what this may be? Do I need to get it checked out? What should I expect some of the pausible causes for this?

Thanks all in advance for you help....

Check the pads have some material left on 'em would be a start - its not unknown for previuos owners to have "forgotten" basic maintenance - i.e. new brake pads

if they have whip 'em out and make sure you've got not road crap wedged in them - if so clear 'em or replace them - always the better option.

Still noisy? - whip em back out and smear the tiniest amount of copper slip on the BACK of the pad that should see them sorted.

Could be worth checking around the brake lever assembly, make sure you have no rodents/ rats/ mice wedged under the leaver - you proddin em would def make 'em squeek - cruel bugger

Oh welcome to the club, i'm kinda a newbie meself


Dizz -

[rictus01]

Hi Jak,

remove the rear calliper (two bolts, no need to take off the hydraulic cable),

make sure you have plenty of brake pad left, remove the pads and give the calliper a good clean, smear the backs of the pads with copper grease and refit (good idea to put a little on the retaining pins whilst your there, that should sort out the noise.

Cheers Mark.

I know that nobody is daft enough to smear grease on their brake pads.

But I think you should point out that the backs of the pads are the sides without any friction material on them, the steel back plate of the pad is the BACK

Greasing the rear of the pads allows them to move around a little.

I do remember someone oiling the discs on a 400 / 4

simple: just apply a liberal amount of WD40 onto the brake disk. About half a can should do it. And sqirt some on the pads while you're at it. That should sort it.














(BTW this is a joke, before someone flames me to the ground )

[northwind]

It's those pesky discs at work... Just remove them entirely and you'll remove all brake noise as well as saving weight.

My rear brake is also very squeaky and I am also embarrassed to use
it at low speeds. If I were 30 years younger I would follow Rictus'
advice. But my brake disassembling days are over so I'd rather wait for
the service. Will try not to forget to mention the problem to the mechanic.

Earplugs??

Originally Posted by Professor

My rear brake is also very squeaky and I am also embarrassed to use
it at low speeds. If I were 30 years younger I would follow Rictus'
advice. But my brake disassembling days are over so I'd rather wait for
the service. Will try not to forget to mention the problem to the mechanic.

The squeak is gone now that the bike has been serviced. Don't know what
the guys at Fowlers did to achieve this.

[ophic]

i cleared my squeaky back brake by letting the brake rub while the throttle is on (for a couple seconds only). It only squeaks when i haven't ridden for a while and this kind of abuse seems to cure it.