More fun with the taillight housing on my '17 CB1100 EX

[Houtman_imp]

I would advise to only ride forwards.....

[pdedse]

pdedse, with 6,000 miles on the odo my squeaky-brakes issue is almost down to nothing. When I walk the bike backwards with the brakes on, they squeal every time. Almost any time I'm going forward, there's no squeal. Maybe once per week they might do the faintest of squeaks—we're talking barely audible, and only for that last fraction of a second before the come comes to a complete stop—but for the most part they're silent now. It's really only when I go backwards that they still squeak.

question: after you had the dealership apply grease and file edge of pads, did the squeaky-brakes issue return full-on and then slowly diminish to the point they're at now, or did the dealer "fix" help considerably from the beginning?

I haven't had mine in because dealerships are 40-50 minutes away.

[use2b_imp]

without seeing it i can not recommend a fix but many times i have used a heat gun to sink metal threaded insets into plastics in certain situations that the redneck mountain man in me did not just JB Weld

[VLJ_imp]

pdedse, after the dealer greased and filed the pads the squeal went away completely for one day, before returning at a greatly reduced frequency/intensity the following day. Since then it has been hit and miss, but gradually it diminished to the point of irrelevancy. It's so minor now that I will again consider the bike to be flawless whenever they finally get the taillight issue sorted once and for all.

[VLJ_imp]

Interesting development...

The first time the dealer replaced my wobbly taillight unit with a new one, the replacement assembly still had the tiniest bit of freeplay. I could still move it a millimeter or two. That was fine. I considered it fixed. They told me that the threads had become stripped, so replacing it with a new unit should fix the issue. Then it became fully wobbly again only a couple of weeks later.

They again ordered a new unit, and I was fearful that we'd be going through the same routine again. As it turned out, however, they informed me today that the first replacement assembly didn't have the same issue as the original assembly. The threads didn't strip. Instead, the nuts simply backed out. To prevent that from happening again, they added a couple of washers. Now the entire assembly is as rigid as a one-piece unit. There is zero freeplay.

Hopefully this is the end of it. If so, I just need to solve the squealing brakes issue, and the bike will be 100% excellent. The problem there is they've taken two stabs at fixing it, including filing down the edges and adding carbon grease to the backs of the pads, and still the squealing persists. I suppose I'm going to have to try swapping brake pads, and still filing them down and adding grease.

[LongRanger_imp]

Good stuff. I can't imagine a fresh set of pads (in whatever compound you prefer) plus a good cleaning and light sanding of the rotors wouldn't cure the squealing, as long as you bed in the pads properly. While you're in there, clean the caliper pins and backing plates (nothing you don't already know). This can't be rocket science.

[CBRider_imp]

Interesting development...

The first time the dealer replaced my wobbly taillight unit with a new one, the replacement assembly still had the tiniest bit of freeplay. I could still move it a millimeter or two. That was fine. I considered it fixed. They told me that the threads had become stripped, so replacing it with a new unit should fix the issue. Then it became fully wobbly again only a couple of weeks later.

They again ordered a new unit, and I was fearful that we'd be going through the same routine again. As it turned out, however, they informed me today that the first replacement assembly didn't have the same issue as the original assembly. The threads didn't strip. Instead, the nuts simply backed out. To prevent that from happening again, they added a couple of washers. Now the entire assembly is as rigid as a one-piece unit. There is zero freeplay.

Hopefully this is the end of it. If so, I just need to solve the squealing brakes issue, and the bike will be 100% excellent. The problem there is they've taken two stabs at fixing it, including filing down the edges and adding carbon grease to the backs of the pads, and still the squealing persists. I suppose I'm going to have to try swapping brake pads, and still filing them down and adding grease.

Glad the problem with your taillight is resolved. Sounds like it is indeed fixed for good now.

I'm lucky, as my 2017 CB taillight is tight with no freeplay at all.

A few weeks after I purchased my bike the the dealer had another 2017 in their showroom. By that time I had read about your problem so I checked it. It wiggled around a little bit.

[the Ferret]

good deal vealjay. perfect again..is good!

[VLJ_imp]

Nah, perfect would be zero brake squeals, and a mickey with a scratch-free FJR and fully functioning elbow.

[apex1_imp]

Interesting development...

The first time the dealer replaced my wobbly taillight unit with a new one, the replacement assembly still had the tiniest bit of freeplay. I could still move it a millimeter or two. That was fine. I considered it fixed. They told me that the threads had become stripped, so replacing it with a new unit should fix the issue. Then it became fully wobbly again only a couple of weeks later.

They again ordered a new unit, and I was fearful that we'd be going through the same routine again. As it turned out, however, they informed me today that the first replacement assembly didn't have the same issue as the original assembly. The threads didn't strip. Instead, the nuts simply backed out. To prevent that from happening again, they added a couple of washers. Now the entire assembly is as rigid as a one-piece unit. There is zero freeplay.

Hopefully this is the end of it. If so, I just need to solve the squealing brakes issue, and the bike will be 100% excellent. The problem there is they've taken two stabs at fixing it, including filing down the edges and adding carbon grease to the backs of the pads, and still the squealing persists. I suppose I'm going to have to try swapping brake pads, and still filing them down and adding grease.

Clean off the grease and try CRC disc brake quiet: https://www.amazon.com/CRC-Disc-Brake-Qu...B000CINV88