• 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.

  • I wouldn't be cleaning rotors and pads with soap, that could be the residual contaminant causing your squealing. Clean with alcohol.

  • I've cleaned my road bike rotors like this for years and they're great afterwards, These are MTB pads/rotors on the GrInbred. Must be a bit more 'baked in' shit. Also, I've no idea what the pads are - the back one looks green. Front I think is Shimano.

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