My rear brakes have been really squeaky for most of the time I have owned the bike minus the firts few hundred miles. Any advice on what to do/what to check out? I have a 2006 GS500F with just under 1,500 miles on it.
im in the same boat, just bought a 2000 GS500E and the rear brakes are squeaky as hell
the infamous gs brake squeal...
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=21635.0
I once suggested the brake silencer stuff here... the spray stuff that you put in a thin coating on the back of the pads to keep them from squeaking (dampens vibrations between the back of the pad and the caliper).
Unfortunately, the guy apparently went out and bought some, read the directions, decided to ignore them, then sprayed the outside of the brakes and the rotors.
You have to be really careful what you say...
Quote from: gsJack on October 10, 2005, 07:41:47 AM
Quote from: rrittersonmy experience is the opposite. From 600-3000 miles my brakes squeeked like crazy. Then it stopped and only squeeked occasionally. At the 4000 mile service the chain slack was removed and the wheel carefully realigned, and the squeek started back up again.
Well that all makes sense, by 3000 miles the pads had worn to fit the rotor and squeel was gone. Changing wheel alignment again at 4000 miles brought back misalignment between pads that were worn on angle and rotor. More miles should eliminate squeel again.
In 100,000 miles on my GSs I have changed many rear pads and some come off more worn on one end than the other. If pads and rotor are not aligned perfectly together then front of one pad and rear of other pad will be making contact first and other end will be free to vibrate a bit with squeeling sound. Pressing on brake harder stops the squeel, it is worse with light rear braking action.
I will be trying to eliminate any future squeeling with wheel and resulting pad to roter alignment and taking more care to get good alignment anytime wheel is removed.
read this, :thumb: