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Hi All,
My rear left brake started squealing recently so I ordered some new pads and have now fitted them.
When I removed the old pads the squealing side inner pad was worn down to the indicator but the outer pad was pretty thick. So I checked the sliders and found they were pretty stiff so I took them out, cleaned them and re-greased them with silicone and put them back in, they now move quite freely. I also pushed the piston out as far as it would come and cleaned it up and greased it and pushed it back in. ( I didn't remove it completely out of the caliper body).
So I reassembled with new pads and shims.
While I was there I vacuum bled the fluid until it was clean and bubble free.
Despite doing everything above the pads don't seem to be contacting the discs fully (see pic attached).
Can anyone offer any advice on this?
My rear left brake started squealing recently so I ordered some new pads and have now fitted them.
When I removed the old pads the squealing side inner pad was worn down to the indicator but the outer pad was pretty thick. So I checked the sliders and found they were pretty stiff so I took them out, cleaned them and re-greased them with silicone and put them back in, they now move quite freely. I also pushed the piston out as far as it would come and cleaned it up and greased it and pushed it back in. ( I didn't remove it completely out of the caliper body).
So I reassembled with new pads and shims.
While I was there I vacuum bled the fluid until it was clean and bubble free.
Despite doing everything above the pads don't seem to be contacting the discs fully (see pic attached).
Can anyone offer any advice on this?