Okay, looking for some help. Searched all the brake threads but nothing doing. I noticed about 1 week ago that after the first 5 minutes of a ride a squeek develops from the front brake. It looks like the rotor is rubbing on the brake pads. It never did this before. I changed the pads and tried bleeding the brakes a little but only got worse because of the decrease in clearance from the new pads. Any ideas on what's happening here and what I need to do? Thanks gents.

 

Have you checked for a bent rotor?

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Rotor is fine as far as I can tell. The rub is the same all the way around.

 

Are you sure that all the air is out of the line when you bled it?
Are the pads properly seated in the caliper?

 

are you sure that the squeeking is not from the speedo pickup?

 

im with red. try some dry lube in the speedo pickup and it will probably solve it. i have to do it about 2-3 times a year cus the amount of miles i put on the bike.

 

Pads are seated fine and i am sure it isn't the "speedo." When I have the bike up on a jack and I try spinning the front wheel it doesn't spin freely because of resistance from the pads. It was just the same before I changed the pads. I have never messed with the front brake system other than switching out the master cylinder cover for an aftermarket red aluminum job. The noise just started happening a week or so ago.

 

I'm not sure all the air is out of the line, but not sure how the air got there since it wasn't a problem until about 1 week ago. Does air get into the line spontaneously after time? My bike has about 3500 miles on it, I know it's not much, but never had a problem before.

 

I would try draining out the fluid, pull the pads, make sure you pinch back the caliper all the way, then put it all back together and re-bleed the system and reinstall the stock cover. See how that works. Then if it is all ok put the red cover back on and try again.

 

Red, I think you might be right but that wasn't the "easy solution" I was looking for. Thanks for the response and I'll be taking a trip to the parts star for some brake fluid. Don't have my manual handy, what type of brake fluid do I want to get exactly?