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[brassspike]

I hope I'm not hijacking the thread but I went back to the dealer tech today about the "gunk" on the rotors. They said it was supposed to have been on there. They possibly put to much so I should wipe the rotors clean and bring it back by for them to check it again.
btw I have used Lyndalls on my DWG and they did help the squeal but did not stop it totally. Great people to work with though. I may have to try them on Maggie Mae too.

[whittlebeast]

www.lyndallracingbrakes.com gold plus and full floating rotors.  Every other combination is a crap shoot.  It all has to do with the stock rotors deflecting.

I spent about $1000 and a year figuring out brakes



Hope this helps

AW

[grc]

I hope I'm not hijacking the thread but I went back to the dealer tech today about the "gunk" on the rotors. They said it was supposed to have been on there. They possibly put to much so I should wipe the rotors clean and bring it back by for them to check it again.
btw I have used Lyndalls on my DWG and they did help the squeal but did not stop it totally. Great people to work with though. I may have to try them on Maggie Mae too.

Believe what you want, but there is no material other than a cleaning solvent that is supposed to be applied to the actual braking surfaces.  I would want them to show me exactly what the substance is and the part of the manual or instruction sheet that says it belongs on the braking surface. 

Whatever this substance is, it has now contaminated the brake pads.  Unless they can show you proof positive that what they used is meant to be on the actual braking surface, I would insist they thoroughly clean the rotors with brake cleaner and replace the pads.  This is a safety concern, and it needs to be taken seriously.  The fact that your bike would barely stop after their "repair", and still doesn't stop as well as before, should tell you something.

Jerry

[whittlebeast]

Lots more info at http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?t=51610

AW

[charger]

Had to replace rear pads on 08 CUSE3 because of squealing. The tech put a 45 degree chamfer on the leading edge of the new pads and no more squeal. I think this has been discussed on this site before

[brassspike]

Had to replace rear pads on 08 CUSE3 because of squealing. The tech put a 45 degree chamfer on the leading edge of the new pads and no more squeal. I think this has been discussed on this site before

Thats what I'm going to do also. First I have to get these gooped up pads off before I hit something! I do have brakes, but I really have to use a lot of pressure. Brakes used to be the best thing about this bike. It would stop so fast it would give you a nose bleed.     

[DESERTBEAR54]

I installed new harley pads front and rear and they squealed like crazy for about two weeks until I got them broke in on the rotor. Now I have no squeal what so ever. I almost pulled them off but it was just time and high speed break in that cured the problem.

[brassspike]

I installed new harley pads front and rear and they squealed like crazy for about two weeks until I got them broke in on the rotor. Now I have no squeal what so ever. I almost pulled them off but it was just time and high speed break in that cured the problem.

high speed break in that cured the problem. Thats what I need to try!!

[103_RK]

The last set I put on my Road King squeeles and they were the Lyndall racing pads.  I took it back apart and used brake cleaner to clean the calipers, used the anti squeel that I use on cars and have not had any more problems.

[DESERTBEAR54]

Correct it is the high speed break in that cured the squealing. Quiet as a mouse!!

[Talon]

I agree with the guys talking about Lyndall Z pads, get rid of the cheap HD pads, mine squealed since new, they shimmed the rotors, swapped the rotors from side to side, never got it to go away, they did make it worse when the shimmed the rotors!

Craig

[Steve_G]

I personally recommend Lyndall Z⁺ pads for street riding.  The Lyndall part number for the '08 and later Touring bikes is 7254-Z.  You can buy them directly from Lyndall http://lyndallracingbrakes.com/merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=L&Product_Code=7254-Z&Attributes=Yes&Quantity=1 , or from many of the motorcycle parts web sites.  List price is $49 per set, which isn't significantly higher than what H-D charges for their stuff, and some of the web sites have prices in the low 40's.

Jerry

Amen.