Originally Posted by
DropBarFan
Interesting, I hadn't read about sanding rotors. My BB7's with stock pads always squealed in the rain; SwissStop organic pads were quiet but wore out relatively soon. Recently bought Jagwire semi-metallic pads to see how they work.
mine always were the same in rain and or high humidity even if I recall, but ok when dry--but the dry screech was clearly getting worse as time went by. It used to quiet up with a certain amount of harder braking, but seemed to get worse, ie doing it with moderate braking , so thats why I figured I'd try to deal with it, and then saw the article about doing the rotors with sandpaper.
I realize though that writing about sanding doesnt really give a proper idea of how much I sanded, but I did clearly take it easy, not wanting to overdo it for no reason and taking away more rotor material than needed.
basically a learning experience for me.