Help with XTR Front V Brake Squeal!

[Me]

Hi, can anyone help me get rid of the horrible squealling from my XTR V brakes? My friends wont ride
with me because of it. I've had loads of dif vbrakes over the years, stx, lx, xt and none have
squealled this badly. I scare children with it...

They are two years old, a fair bit of wear from the pads and no matter how much I toe the pads in
(everything from non- to slightly, to quite a bit, to severely toed) and nothing seems to make a
difference, its almost if there is some sort of vibration with my SID forks that cause it.

I've cleaned my rims and also ridden in loads of mud and nothing seems to change the
amount of squel.

I've also taken the cone wrenchs to the brakes and adjusted up any play that they haddeveloped, but
this hasn't made a diff.

Can I buy a brake booster brace?

Is this the cause of the squeal?

help!

 

[Lou Holtman]

"Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi, can anyone help me get rid of the horrible squealling from my XTR V brakes? My friends wont
> ride with me because of it. I've had loads of dif vbrakes over the years, stx, lx, xt and none
> have squealled this badly. I scare children with it...
>
> They are two years old, a fair bit of wear from the pads and no matter how much I toe the pads in
> (everything from non- to slightly, to quite a bit,
to
> severely toed) and nothing seems to make a difference, its almost if there is some sort of
> vibration with my SID forks that cause it.
>

In my case the wear in the joints of the parallelogram construction (bad construction) caused this
terrible noise. You can feel the play in the joints when you fumble around with the brakepads. In
that case live with the noise or replace the brakes.

Lou

 

[Hydrillahunter]

i acutally have the same model year and had the same problem from teh begining. then i switched to
Ritchey brake pads....specifically the blue ones. no more issues.

Me wrote:

Lou Holtman wrote:
> Hi, can anyone help me get rid of the horrible squealling from my XTR V brakes? My friends wont
> ride with me because of it. I've had loads of dif vbrakes over the years, stx, lx, xt and none
> have squealled this badly. I scare children with it...
>
> They are two years old, a fair bit of wear from the pads and no matter how much I toe the pads in
> (everything from non- to slightly, to quite a bit, to severely toed) and nothing seems to make a
> difference, its almost if there is some sort of vibration with my SID forks that cause it.
>
> I've cleaned my rims and also ridden in loads of mud and nothing seems to change the amount
> of squel.
>
> I've also taken the cone wrenchs to the brakes and adjusted up any play that they haddeveloped,
> but this hasn't made a diff.
>
> Can I buy a brake booster brace?
>
> Is this the cause of the squeal?
>
> help!
>

 

[Me]

do you think it could be the pads themself?

Anyone else recommend swapping out the complete pads assembly instead of buying new brake carts?

-cheers,

"HydrillaHunter" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> i acutally have the same model year and had the same problem from teh
begining.
> then i switched to Ritchey brake pads....specifically the blue ones. no
more
> issues.
>
>
>
> Me wrote:
>
>
> Lou Holtman wrote:
> > Hi, can anyone help me get rid of the horrible squealling from my XTR V brakes? My friends wont
> > ride with me because of it. I've had loads of
dif
> > vbrakes over the years, stx, lx, xt and none have squealled this badly.
I
> > scare children with it...
> >
> > They are two years old, a fair bit of wear from the pads and no matter
how
> > much I toe the pads in (everything from non- to slightly, to quite a
bit, to
> > severely toed) and nothing seems to make a difference, its almost if
there
> > is some sort of vibration with my SID forks that cause it.
> >
> > I've cleaned my rims and also ridden in loads of mud and nothing seems
to
> > change the amount of squel.
> >
> > I've also taken the cone wrenchs to the brakes and adjusted up any play
that
> > they haddeveloped, but this hasn't made a diff.
> >
> > Can I buy a brake booster brace?
> >
> > Is this the cause of the squeal?
> >
> > help!
> >
> >

 

[Chris]

"Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> do you think it could be the pads themself?
>
> Anyone else recommend swapping out the complete pads assembly instead of buying new brake carts?
>
> -cheers,
>

Good solution: get Avid Rim Wrangler 2 pads. Better Solution: Avid SD7 brakes and SD7 levers Best
Solution: Avid Ultimates - brakes and levers.

XTR V-brakes just plain make a lot of noise, on every bike they're on.

Chris

 

[Stuart Lynne]

In article <[email protected]>, Chris
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> do you think it could be the pads themself?
>>
>> Anyone else recommend swapping out the complete pads assembly instead of buying new brake carts?
>>
>> -cheers,
>>
>
>Good solution: get Avid Rim Wrangler 2 pads. Better Solution: Avid SD7 brakes and SD7 levers Best
>Solution: Avid Ultimates - brakes and levers.
>
>XTR V-brakes just plain make a lot of noise, on every bike they're on.

Ditto on this. I sufferred for two years trying everything suggested...

Nothing helped until I swapped them for some Avid V brakes...

 

[John McGraw]

[email protected] (Stuart Lynne) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>, Chris
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >"Me" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> >> do you think it could be the pads themself?
> >>
> >> Anyone else recommend swapping out the complete pads assembly instead of buying new brake
> >> carts?
> >>
> >> -cheers,
> >>
> >
> >Good solution: get Avid Rim Wrangler 2 pads. Better Solution: Avid SD7 brakes and SD7 levers Best
> >Solution: Avid Ultimates - brakes and levers.
> >
> >XTR V-brakes just plain make a lot of noise, on every bike they're on.
>
> Ditto on this. I sufferred for two years trying everything suggested...
>
> Nothing helped until I swapped them for some Avid V brakes...

Why not try Shimano's rebuild kit for xtr? If I'm not mistaken this is a long standing
porblem for them.

 

[Per ElmsäTer]

"John McGraw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Why not try Shimano's rebuild kit for xtr? If I'm not mistaken this is a long standing porblem
> for them.

Is this the same reason my XT brakes are squealing? And is there a similar solution?

--
Perre

 

[jan]

Per Elmsäter wrote:
> "John McGraw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Why not try Shimano's rebuild kit for xtr? If I'm not mistaken this is a long standing porblem
>>for them.
>
>
> Is this the same reason my XT brakes are squealing? And is there a similar solution?
>
> --
> Perre

My XTs squeele too. The fork and the brake attachment have enough slop in them to give the brake pad
a chance to do stiction. Perhaps the rebuild kit improves the brake attachment?

Jan Lindström