Seth, I have a set of Mafacs and have the same experience as you...no squeal.
I have a set of Mafac copies (similar geometry) and they squealed and vibrated, a toe in adjustment (wrench) and they merely vibrated. They were quite loose on the cantilever post, the Mafacs are noticeably tighter. I don't have Pauls, but the look like they may not use the cantilever post as a bearing surface like the Mafacs do. Angus On Mar 8, 10:40 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, since forever I've had squealing front brake problems with the > shimano br550 cantis. The VO no-squeal pads worked for a while but > they wore down remarkably fast. > > So this weekend I decided to bite the bullet and I took out an old > pair of mafac tandem cantis that I had from an old gitane tandem. > > After cursing at having to use a crescent wrench and lining up the > pads, I took them out and found: > > 1. they stop better than the shimanos > 2. they don't squeal. > > Here's my question - the paul neo-retros are based directly on the > mafacs, can I expect similar excellence from them? > > b/c right now - the price of the paul's is NOTHING compared to the > months of being annoyed at my squealing front brakes. > > -sv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
