I had squealing with BR550s on an Indy Fab Planet X. Finally solved with massive toe OUT. Toe in didn't do squat.
Have Tektro 720s on my Hillborne. Using a fork crown mounted Tektro cable hanger, no squeal, without any toe in. Switched to a regular headset mounted cable hanger, instant squeal, even after adjust toe in a couple of times to pretty extreme levels. Switched pads to VO no squeal, squeal gone. We'll see how long they last. The hanger I am talking about is item CAH59 on http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/cable-hardware-brake.html The Tektro fork crown mounted cable hanger is a god-send, but I had to give it up because I installed a Nitto front rack AND fenders, and the bolt on the rack is not quite long enough to accommodate everything. Briefly thought of attaching the front fender L-bracket inside the fork crown to shorten the stack, but that seemed overly fiddly. If the VO pads wear too fast, perhaps I will resort to this option after all. Gernot On Mar 10, 7:37 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Seth, > > I have a set of Mafacs and have the same experience as you...nosqueal. > > 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-squealpads 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'tsqueal. > > > 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.
