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or just AVIDS?
think its pad rather than brake.... but i can get a super howl from my hopes and my maguras could sound like the old intercity 125 if you got the right conditions.
My Avid Juicy 7s are silent, My Code 5s judder like hell but I think it's the rear brake mount tab flexing! Next frame will be rear post mount I think!
It's been so long since we have seen rain I don't remember 😆
My Shimano will squeal a bit when wet, but not the howling I have heard from some brakes
Agree about pads. Hope resin pads are quiet but squeal horribly in the wet. Hope sintered are noisier in the dry but less prone to squeal in rain. Personally I always go for sintered now - unless we get a really dry summer?!
The squeal is caused by the high speed vibration of the pad on disc. So check the method of retention. You may find if its a spring type you can bend it to improve it. Or check your pistons retract properly, they may be dirty and sticking.
My Hopes have never squeaked (besides when I got fluid on the pads and rotor..)
i find sintered squeal, organic don't as a general rule. This is the same callipers, XTR 965, on a variety of discs, shimano, avid, alligator
the same problem on car calipers is removed with a small amount of copper grease on the piston side.