phil the greek
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when I bought my '05 tourer in January, it would occasionally make noises coming fro the back. This seemed speed dependant, but it would usually go away after a mile or so.
One way to make it go away was to give the brakes a quick dab. Ah - I thought - must be the brakes.
So, after inspecting the disks and pads I decided on new pads all round and new rear disks. All of it sourced for under £100 from ebay - I went for EBC components as I trust these from my biking experience.
Thanks to the wonderful "how to" guide on another part of this forum, I did it all myself. Everything was torqued to the required setting. After a few miles of being a bit careful, the brakes bedded in nicely and all seemed well with the world. They certainly seemed to stop better than the old setup which was re-***uring.
BUT - that bloomin' squeal keeps coming back! - again, I can stop it by giving a quick dab on the brakes, but it always comes back. The brakes work fine, and there doesn't appear to be any binding on the rear disks - i.e. you can jack the car up and the rear wheels turn fine (make sure handbrake isn't on!).
I s'pose the next bit to look at is the Callipers, but I'm loathe to do this, as I remember (again from my biking days) trying to take one apart and having lots of bits and pieces and no idea how to put them together again.
What do the ***embled experts think? I'm thinking I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and go and see my fave car mechanic - problem is - he's £50 an hour!!!
cheers - phil
One way to make it go away was to give the brakes a quick dab. Ah - I thought - must be the brakes.
So, after inspecting the disks and pads I decided on new pads all round and new rear disks. All of it sourced for under £100 from ebay - I went for EBC components as I trust these from my biking experience.
Thanks to the wonderful "how to" guide on another part of this forum, I did it all myself. Everything was torqued to the required setting. After a few miles of being a bit careful, the brakes bedded in nicely and all seemed well with the world. They certainly seemed to stop better than the old setup which was re-***uring.
BUT - that bloomin' squeal keeps coming back! - again, I can stop it by giving a quick dab on the brakes, but it always comes back. The brakes work fine, and there doesn't appear to be any binding on the rear disks - i.e. you can jack the car up and the rear wheels turn fine (make sure handbrake isn't on!).
I s'pose the next bit to look at is the Callipers, but I'm loathe to do this, as I remember (again from my biking days) trying to take one apart and having lots of bits and pieces and no idea how to put them together again.
What do the ***embled experts think? I'm thinking I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and go and see my fave car mechanic - problem is - he's £50 an hour!!!
cheers - phil