How to Fix Rubbing Rotors

An easy step by step guide to fixing rubbing disk brake rotors

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Mountain
• biking
• repair
• disk
• brakes
• rubbing

[DWpeep]

he never said use grease on brakes...he said use it on the bolts to stop them rusting! cool vid! Im gona try this tomorrow...hope this works as I just got a new bike and never had disc brakes before but that hissy sound just aint right!

[691129004]

NEVER EVER USE GREASE ON BRAKES. seriously u can get some one hurt bad or wreck there brakes even if its just on the bolts.

[GhibliFan1]

@DWpeep

And when rain hits the grease on the bolts, it carries grease particles down to the braking area of the rotor and fucks the pads up for weeks/months (cleaning the pads in alcohol is about the only way to get them back to life). Never use grease on ANY part of the rotor. If the rotor bolts get wet, dry them after every wet ride, then they don't get rusty to start with... prevention is always better than cure.

[thevirusboy32]

You mad bro!?! Don't use grease on breakes!!

[SuperXmichaelx]

@691129004 lol clearly you don't know shit about bikes then

[rebusubervideo]

@691129004 You put coper grease on the back of the pad to stop squealing.

[ryanburick]

PLEASE post the below in and disc brake video that doesnt have the info below.. i tried many things and this process works every time unless your rotor is warped!

[ryanburick]

this works sometimes, but I found a way to fix it if THIS DOESNT work... all you have to do is 1. flip your bike over so you can rotate the wheel freely. 2. loosen the bolts holding the brake to the frame or fork.

[ryanburick]

3. be sure that your brake can move, but not easily. 4. spin your wheel and move your brake around ( in and out ) and change the angle of the brake by pushing and pulling on end of the brake at a time until the noise stops. 5. once the noise stops, hold the brake where it is and tighten the bolts that hold the brake to the frame or fork.

[ryanburick]

6. spin wheel.. if it makes a constant noise than repeat these steps and be more careful to hold the brake exactly where it is when it no longer makes noise and be sure the brake does not move when you are tightening the bolts that hold it to the frame or fork. 7. if you hear a noise that is NOT constant your rotor may be warped and there is no way to fix the noise with the brake!

[shinzomoon]

I wish I never got a bike with disc brakes, theyre a pain in the ass and expensive unites. I somewhat foolisly broke my first which was only about 2 months old by not knowing what i was doing, over tightened the alignment pin and it snapped inside the cavity. So I bought a new brake, which works..but is now rubbing often, this technique of stopping it only seems to work temporarily for me. V brakes are so much easier to fiddle with and adjust.