10-28-2019, 05:10 PM
(10-28-2019, 01:18 PM)VLJ_imp Wrote: Jeffg, as the lead tech at a Honda dealer, do you have any idea how to fix the front brakes on the 2017 CB1100 EX so that they don't squeal when coming to a slow, gradual stop? My local Honda dealer and American Honda both gave me the same answer: "They're floating brakes. They just do that. Live with it. Oh, and those annoying cracking sounds from the front brakes when you brake hard? Yep, same deal. Floating brakes. Live with it."
This, despite the fact that most Hondas (most bikes, period) have floating discs, and the vast majority of them don't have a problem with brake squeal.
VLJ, I was wondering if the brake squeal was still an issue with your '17ex. It still is with mine at nearly 8k miles, but I haven't tried anything to fix it--I was waiting till you or someone else found something.
So if many bikes have floating discs and the majority of them don't have squeal issues, what's different about the '17ex brakes? I had a '14 standard CB1100...it didn't have any squeal. Are the brakes different between '14 standards and '17ex? Different OEM pads?