January 11th, 2009, 05:46 PM | #1 |
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Squeaking coming from the front.
I started hearing squeaking up front. Could it be the wheel bearing? Maybe I tightened the front wheel too tight after changing the tire. Brake rotors rubbing against the pad? The bike now has 10,050 miles.
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January 11th, 2009, 05:52 PM | #2 |
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perhaps this?
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11686 |
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January 11th, 2009, 05:53 PM | #3 |
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Maybe this will help?
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11686 And Kkim beat me to it, dang it.. |
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January 11th, 2009, 05:53 PM | #4 |
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lol...
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January 11th, 2009, 05:59 PM | #5 |
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Thanks guys!
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January 11th, 2009, 06:01 PM | #6 |
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yeah, start there to investigate, if that's not the source of the squeak, post up and we can take it from there.
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January 11th, 2009, 06:02 PM | #7 |
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Will do!
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January 12th, 2009, 01:37 AM | #8 |
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Well it might ALSO be your front brake pads. I had long since loosened my front axle nut and at around 9,000 miles it started squeeking. I tackled the easy maintenance first and I pulled the pads and there was literally a little over 1mm left on the pad :O ! Threw EBC HH pads in and no more squeek.
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January 12th, 2009, 01:41 AM | #9 |
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OT- EBCs any better than stock?
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January 12th, 2009, 03:36 AM | #10 |
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I haven't noticed TOO much of a difference (Then again I'm probably not a good reviewer on it as I don't have the 'standard' brake set-up). They do seem to have a greater range of braking (low speed to high speed they aren't phased) and they dissipate heat REALLY well!
I really rode the bike hard today on GMR with Kuro and Pipe. After about 5 minutes the rotor didn't have any heat coming off of it. The flip-side is that you do have to heat the pads (basically the stop-light riding you'd do to warm up your tires is sufficient). The braking is greatly diminished before they are warmed up. For the extra couple of bucks they cost over stockers I'd suggest them... It'll be handy for someone with stock brakes to chime in if/when they replace with the EBC HH's still *wink wink* |
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January 12th, 2009, 07:53 AM | #11 | |
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I haven't used anything but the stock kawi brake pads yet. FWIW Gary J was unimpressed with the EBC HH pads on his '08 for track use, and in fact preferred the Kawi pads.
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9902 Quote:
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