Squeaky front wheel on my GN!

[Ragingrob]

Hey my front wheel squeaks like hell when I'm goin say under 30 or when braking, any ideas on what I could do to stop this?

Thanks!!

[Conquiztador]

Hey my front wheel squeaks like hell when I'm goin say under 30 or when braking, any ideas on what I could do to stop this?

Thanks!!

You would have a disc on the front. Time to give the girl new pads I recon...

[Squiggles]

give us a look at uni 2mo, will quickly find out whats up...

0212685528's the number and ill be in most of the day :)

[Ragingrob]

give us a look at uni 2mo, will quickly find out whats up...

0212685528's the number and ill be in most of the day :)

Cool as I'll give ya a text!

Thanks

[dino3310]

pads:msn-wink:

[NighthawkNZ]

most likey new pads as suggested :)

[MaxCannon]

Mine squeaks like mad when it's cold for the first two or three kms.
At the same time the speedo either doesn't work or reads really slow.
After 2-3kms the speedo reads OK and the noise stops.

On a warm day the problem doesn't appear.

I'm guessing the speedo drive has some grease in it that needs to warm up
- any other suggestions.

[twinkle]

Mine squeaks like mad when it's cold for the first two or three kms.
At the same time the speedo either doesn't work or reads really slow.
After 2-3kms the speedo reads OK and the noise stops.

On a warm day the problem doesn't appear.

I'm guessing the speedo drive has some grease in it that needs to warm up
- any other suggestions.

The grease in mine wasn't greasy :Pokey: It squeaked like buggary too. I took it completely apart, washed it in kerosene with a toothbrush, repacked it with grease and reassembled. Never had a problem again :first:

edit: i've heard of some of those speedo units failing too, i presume because they also had no grease and seized?

[Squiggles]

had a look, pads are fine, disk was interesting, etched unlike mine or the others nearby, as in, i could feel wee even etches, in concentric rings.... thoughts? i thought if it'd previously not had the pads replaced in time before they'd be etched, but not so perfectly....

he's invited to come and fix my gn's and bring his to get greased up and so forth :niceone:

[Mom]

Hey my front wheel squeaks like hell when I'm goin say under 30 or when braking, any ideas on what I could do to stop this?

Thanks!!

Were you in Warkworth Today? I saw a guy on a Black GN, and when he drove away the noise from his front wheel would be enough to keep me off the road till I had it checked out! My GN had a squeak when I used the front brake, but otherwise was fine, if you have not got this looked at, and specially if it sounds like the one today, stop riding it and go get it checked out! Point the knowing person to the front disk, as I suspect that is where the problem lays.

[idb]

Whip the pads out and give them a good clean up to get rid of accumulated dust.

[Ragingrob]

had a look, pads are fine, disk was interesting, etched unlike mine or the others nearby, as in, i could feel wee even etches, in concentric rings.... thoughts? i thought if it'd previously not had the pads replaced in time before they'd be etched, but not so perfectly....

he's invited to come and fix my gn's and bring his to get greased up and so forth :niceone:

Cheers for all the work you did yesterday, let me know when you're home tomo and I'll whip round with some booze for ya!

[idb]

So if you've figured out what it was don't keep us in suspense!!

[Ragingrob]

So if you've figured out what it was don't keep us in suspense!!

OK well the wheel still squeaks :spanking:, but Squiggles pretty much serviced my bike for me and gave me a run through of everything he did and it was so helpful. The main reason was because my bike's had trouble starting. At the end we took the wheel off, brake pads are fine, there are slight circular grooves all the way around the disc though, not sure what caused by. Someone had said that it could be the speedo thing on the wheel so we took that off and greased it up. Wheel still squeaks exactly the same, no idea what it could be. Squiggles has suggested when I have time to take the pads off and give them a light scruff with emery paper or something.

Any other ideas still welcome!:2thumbsup

[kiwi cowboy]

had a look, pads are fine, disk was interesting, etched unlike mine or the others nearby, as in, i could feel wee even etches, in concentric rings.... thoughts? i thought if it'd previously not had the pads replaced in time before they'd be etched, but not so perfectly....

he's invited to come and fix my gn's and bring his to get greased up and so forth :niceone:

you havent ridden down any roads with that shitty grit on the road in the past and got a tiny little bit in the pad have you?. This might explaine the etching on the disc and the squeel. Rubbing the pads with sand paper might get the grit out if thats the problem good luck:niceone:

[Ragingrob]

Hmmm yeah I'm waiting for a spare Sat or Sun to spend some time with someone who can help me take the pads off etc to give them a light sand. Hard though with heaps of assignments at the mo, I'll prob wait till study break and just spend some time then :).

[Pancakes]

Dood thats what I tought, grit in the pads. I've driven on gravel heaps and bits do weasel their way in there. Takes no time at all, slip the pads out and in again. PM if your in this area and want to drop by, I'm pretty much in all the time atm.

[Ragingrob]

Cheers man, dunno if I'll ever be up that way though O.o...We'll see though!

[Yamman]

I've got the same problem on my xj 750. How difficult is it to get the brake pads off? I've ridden over gravel, grit and all sorts so probably in need of a clean.

[Ragingrob]

Apparently only takes like 10mins to remove clean and put brake pads back. I'm getting some help doing it this week sometime so I'll let you know how it goes!