Squeaky brakes hacks.

[AlvinnVanAert]

I like my squeaky brakes, they are more effective at getting people out of my way than using the bell.

[richwilson]

They aren't hacks. It's called proper maintenance! And use a plastic tyre lever on the caliper pistons, so you don't damage them...

[tobiasthegentleman]

bro described basic maintenance as "hacks"

Lmao

[WestonNey]

I usually spray the rotors and pads with WD-40. Completely removes the squeak.

[HuntersHunt]

I kinda like the sound of the elephant trunk brakes, it’s a good warning as well to other people

[dougpeters]

The overuse of the word hack is a crime against humanity

[hudsonurruttia]

As a bike mechanic my preferred method is running up the nearest big hill and just holding the brake the whole way down. Works a dream most cases.

[Atamanxxxvii]

"Do this after every ride and you're golden."

[Alexander.K]

As someone who works in a bikeshop i can tell you - in most of the cases unfortunately that doesn't work - it may helps for maybe 1 Kilometer but after that the Sound is back. If you use instead of a heatgun a blowtorch and burn the pads until they nearly start to melt then grinding them down a bit then i works most of the time but for the time you spent - cost of the tools and may accuring safety issues (maybe it loosens the glue between metallpart and the Brake Material) - you just can buy new Brake Pads thay cost just 5-10 bucks each...

[maxdergroe]

I didnt know what to expect when following your steps but it actually helped immensely. Not only is the squeal gone, but the braking force is now 3x compared to what it was before. Great hack. thank you big time mate.

[robm.]

Great, now you’ve got reduced braking efficiency until the rotor re-acquires a coating of pad material and the pads wear enough to conform perfectly with the tramlines in the rotor surfaces.
The noise is generated by the leading edge of the pad “grabbing” the disc. The pad then sets up an oscillating motion within the caliper which creates the noise and increases wear rate of the pad and caliper thrust faces.
To avoid or cure it just file a 45 degree chamfer on the leading edge of both pads (the edge that a point on the rotor would meet first when travelling forwards).
Then apply a just visible trace of copper grease to the pad backplate surface where it contacts the piston or caliper body, but not to it’s edges.
The chamfer avoids the initial grab that sets off the resonance and the copper grease provides a small measure of damping and isolation medium to change the overall system’s resonant frequency.
This is something that used to be taught to every apprentice mechanic back in the 70’s when disc brakes started to become commonplace on vehicles.
It works, it also gives a much more progressive feel to the braking action, avoiding “grabbiness” on initial application of the brake.

[mozer]

Brakes pads work by transferring part of the friction material onto the rotor. It’s all part of the bedding in process. By sanding the rotor you just reduce the braking efficiency until they bed in again ( and start to resonate once more)

[szczurrat]

"Here ya go... this will get you to the next shop for some new pads."

[supertotoro]

A hack would be like a 3 sec fix, by spraying, or adding something to the breaks, or doing a minor adjustment to remove the squeaky sound. This is just normal maintenance.
Either way, its good instructions for maintenance and its satisfying to watch.

[johansphone]

I just pull the pads out. Wipe the pads and rotor down with break cleaner. Blowtorch the pads for a couple of seconds then put them back. Works every time. If needed to fix them in the field, find a slope, pedal hard down hill while breaking. High heat is the key.

[melody]

If you keep them squeaky, you can attract elephants in a safari

[myheartbelongoi]

The handful of times I've had to resurface my pads, I used a sanding screen so the material could fall away from the pad surface and not be ground back into it.

Doing that eliminated the need to clean and heat the pads in every case.

[crosscolin]

You forgot the part where they don't work at all until you break them in again...

[PorterHammer]

They’ll squeak again after 1/2 a ride 😂

[maniestoltz]

Squeaky brakes literally saved me from colliding with an NPC in a European town..