Loose brake pad

[andymon]

Hi all after returning home from work tonight I checked the bike out. I have not felt right on the bike for the last two days and the bike has felt a bit 'odd'.
On inspection of the front wheel I discovered a weird vibrating noise when the wheel was spinning.
On closer inspection I discovered this noise was coming from the near side brake pad! It is moving freely in the caliper. So a little job for the weekend I suspect.
My question is this. Are NTV's prone to this sort of problem? Or is this just a one off maintenance problem?

[norfolknchance]

are the spring clips still in place

[ilegalalien]

my guess is the stainless spring clips, under pressure they hold the pad in place and the end one is often neglected in a rebuild,hence vibrations and awful screaming, copperslip is a good greese to have on these but use sparingly, this greese can change bad braking into smooth quiet stopping.

[buzzin]

Too much coppergrease in the wrong places can also make a brakepad into a smooth, quiet non-stopping device....the only screaming would be the driver....

I can't image how the brakepads would be loose though....the get trapped (uhm, don't know a better word now) on one side, and the other side has a pin through it....but I guess anything is possible

[ilegalalien]

hehe yea, avoid the pads....

[andymon]

I will attempt to look at the problem tomorrow (Saturday). So will feedback the cause of the problem or more likely ask for help ;D