Is having squealing/heavily vibrating hydraulic brakes (Shimano XT) a harbinger to the fact I need new pads, and are there any pads that are less likely to be noisy than others?
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Shimano pads (squealy brake content)
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Posted 3 years ago #
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Worn out pads normally make grinding and grating noises, squealing and vibrating is usually down to contamination(such as oil on the pads), glazing(dragging brakes on long descents?), or maybe a misaligned caliper/sticky piston(do both pads hit the disc dead square and at exactly the same time?).
Also worth checking all your bolts are tight too.Posted 3 years ago # -
Cheers coatesy, I suspect it may be glazing then as everything else seems in order, is there any cure for this apart from not being a sissy and using my brakes so much on long descents?
Posted 3 years ago #
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