11-04-2003, 02:36 PM
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| Guest | Re: Damaged rims
In article <pan.2003.11.04.21.53.06.28565@bluewin.ch>, jamnospam@bluewin.ch
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>6 months ago I bought new wheels with Mavic T224 rims (700C). Almost
>immediately, I started to hear shrieking noises when braking, and found that
>the rims were wearing out far too quickly. Inspecting the brake pads I
>found pieces of aluminum, sometimes up to 1 mm in size.
>I have changed the pads (Shimano XT for alu rims). Several times I have
>cleaned them to get rid of the alu bits. I have repolished the rims.
>It worked during 1 day or 1 week, then it always started again.
>Anybody with a similar experience ?
>Were the rims possibly defective ?
>Have I done something very wrong ? I suspect I may have, as I didn't think
>of changing the brake pads right when I installed the new wheels. But can
>it be that bad ?
>Does anybody have an idea of something I could do to save these rims ?
Try new brake pads. What is happening is that bits of metal are embedding into
your pads and the metal scrapes off more metal from your rims. New
pads that don't get metal embedded in them should solve your problme. I like
the Kool Stop Salmon pads.
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Alex
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