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There are various remedies like filing a leading edge on the pad like you used to on rim brakes (well, were supposed to but I never did) or to put grease on the back of the pad but I just find that some pads screech and some don't.
It's the luck of the draw.
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I just sand-papered and isopropyl'd the fuck out of rotors and pads. It made a difference for sure but the back is still a bit squealy and braking feels meh after another bed-in.
It's only a 140mm rotor so I wonder if I could stick a 160mm on. I presume I could find an adapter to move the XTR caliper outwards.
hippy
I've got squealing brakes - plan is to remove pads, clean rotor with scourer and dish soap and install new pads. Anything else (other than buying a new bike) I should bother doing?
I tried cleaning the rotors already and this didn't help and I filed the pads and that didn't help either so it could be deeper issue and need rotor swap.