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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: JoChan23 on July 29, 2005, 10:44:36 AM

Title: Front Brake
Post by: JoChan23 on July 29, 2005, 10:44:36 AM
I know very little about how these brakes work and what different sounds mean... sometime after taking off from a stop i hear a rubbing sound as my disk goes through the caliper... if i apply the front brake the sound usually goes right away... any ideas?

- Jordan
Title: Front Brake
Post by: scratch on July 29, 2005, 11:03:39 AM
It might be the normal "shushing". Does it sound like that? "Shush, shush, shush"?
Title: Front Brake
Post by: JoChan23 on July 29, 2005, 11:08:59 AM
ya it does..

here is me accelerating

shoosh............shoosh..........shoosh......shoosh....shoosh..shoosh..shoosh.shoosh

lol

thats normal?

- Jordan
Title: Front Brake
Post by: JoChan23 on July 29, 2005, 11:09:58 AM
i had those spaced out but i guess they correct that...

point being it goes faster as i go faster

- Jordan
Title: Front Brake
Post by: scratch on July 29, 2005, 11:26:43 AM
Yep, that sounds like a brake disk being accelerated past the pads. It's good that sound accelerates when you accelerate.
Title: Front Brake
Post by: JoChan23 on July 29, 2005, 11:33:44 AM
ok, i just didn't know that it was supposed to be touching the pads if i wasn't braking

- Jordan
Title: Front Brake
Post by: scratch on July 29, 2005, 12:17:05 PM
Just as long as it's not actually slowing you down. If it is, then something is blocking the return circuit in the master cylinder. Or, your disk warped. If it's warped you'll feel a pulsing when you brake at slow speeds.
Title: Front Brake
Post by: denman on July 29, 2005, 06:23:18 PM
dude bring your bike over to my house and i will help you out with any thing i can,  i live in muskegon.   e-mail me.   i will be on line later tonight.