tired of squealing brakes

[wmh9680]

Good Afternoon, its gonna be hot in Chicago today.
I have 15,000 miles on my 2014 Spyder RT LTD and I'm getting a lot of squealing. I've been reading posts and talked to the dealer and it seems to be common on the RT.

I'm sure they are the original pads.

I would like more stopping power but I don't want to listen to the squealing. I blew the pads out with air and water and used brake cleaner and it stopped briefly. When I clean the front wheels good I take them off so that would be a good time to put the pink stuff on and maybe cut grooves in the pads and bevel the leading edge (on a rainy day of course otherwise I'm riding). It's embarrassing to ride around on a $30,000 bike that squeals. What has anyone else done. Thanks, Mike

 

[UtahPete]

Good Afternoon, its gonna be hot in Chicago today. I have 15,000 miles on my 2014 Spyder RT LTD and I'm getting a lot of squealing. I've been reading posts and talked to the dealer and it seems to be common on the RT. I'm sure they are the original pads.

I would like more stopping power but I don't want to listen to the squealing. I blew the pads out with air and water and used brake cleaner and it stopped briefly. When I clean the front wheels good I take them off so that would be a good time to put the pink stuff on and maybe cut grooves in the pads and bevel the leading edge (on a rainy day of course otherwise I'm riding). It's embarrassing to ride around on a $30,000 bike that squeals. What has anyone else done. Thanks, Mike

Have them inspected. It may be time for new pads. The older metal-sintered pads BRP used did squeal. The newer ones (organic) don't.

Read the recent threads about brake pads. Lots of good info there that doesn't need to be repeated.

 

[2dogs]

My 14 RT did the same thing at 15k..

Took it to the car wash and blasted the he!! out of the calipers and it worked for a while. Took it back to the car wash and did it again and the squealing finally went away. Just did a 28k service and the OEM front pads are still good. Changed rear pads a 25k.

 

[slick999]

Mine does it too,disc brake squeal is the result of the metal back of the pads againest the piston of the disc brake caliper shifting.There are some products out there that you take the pads off and spray the back and it cushons the back of the pad and makes it quiet.Something I have to do too as the squealing is annoying like you said.

 

[UtahPete]

You're welcome....

 

[wmh9680]

Well I pulled the front tires off to get a good look at the pads and clean the pads and wheels real good as the wheels needed it. I power-washed the wheels and pads (on the bike) and blew them out with the compressor and sprayed brake cleaner fluid to stop the squealing and it helped a little but did not stop the squealing.

I added some brake fluid the 2 days later and so far since i did that the squealing has been minimal. I don't know why unless the higher brake fluid level added more pressure with less foot pressure. We will see, Soon I am going to change the oil and pull the rear tire and clean it real good and check and clean the pads. Thanks, Mike

 

[EVH]

My f3 limited has had this since day one. I've only had it a month.

 

[Docster]

Have them inspected. It may be time for new pads. The older metal-sintered pads BRP used did squeal. The newer ones (organic) don't.

Read the recent threads about brake pads. Lots of good info there that doesn't need to be repeated.

:agree:

 

[BajaRon]

Though the Organic pads were introduced specifically to eliminate squealing and noise. They too can become annoying. I have customers with organic pad sets that make a lot of noise.

The bottom line is, any pad set can get noisy under the right conditions. But there are a number of things you can do to mitigate this. The best time to do it is when you install new pads. Since you don't know if they will make noise or not until you're down the road, it's easier to do this at the front end.

Not to say that most customers slap the new pads on and never have an issue. You just never know.

 

[wmh9680]

Do the pads on our Spyders have the squeal built in to let you know when they need changing like cars do. Thanks, Mike

 

[BajaRon]

Do the pads on our Spyders have the squeal built in to let you know when they need changing like cars do. Thanks, Mike

No. Though the squeal may be built in, it's just for aesthetics! :roflblack:

 

[wmh9680]

:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

No. Though the squeal may be built in, it's just for aesthetics! :roflblack: