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It does use resin pads.. I will replace them ASAP

shame because the front are fine and make no noise and are on sintered pads too

Thank you for that. I will change them both asap.

I will sand down the rotors tomorrow as I have enough pocket change to get some wet and dry carborundum paper. I may sand the pads for the hell of it too and get a soft cloth in the caliper to get rid of as much pad dust as possible. I'd do it now but I've settled into a couple of beers for...

mmm not really, once they're noisy they'll be noisy the next day too. It's like their collecting sand in them and runnign it between the pads. I'm starting to think i have a bad pad or two on the back brake and it's slowly breaking down. Wednesday I will be able to go to halfords and get a pair...

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I've reassembled the bike and put the pads back in - lo and behold the brakes a silent again beyond the normal hiss of pads being applied to disc. It won't last long though The calipers / brakes are Shimano M315 front and back. 160mm Centrelock Rotors (whatever centre lock means )

It does look like it doesn't it? But there isn't one, not on either side. just a different shade of polishing by the pad.

The ones I chose were made my Mexital to fit my calipers. I bought the sintered ones as they are supposed to last longer and I do a LOT of miles. I have found the genuine Shimano pads for my calipers on Amazon. They cost a bit more but probably better.

the black on my hands is just brake dust, it's not oily

Pics of the rotor and the pads in case you can see anything untoward

These are actually brand new pads. They've done less than 500miles. They've been doing it since a few hours after I put them in. I will replace them again if I have to. It's possible wayward chain lube got on them but would that make them make a grinding noise?

My pistons return fine I get no twittering of pads on disks. However, When I pull the rear brake lever it sounds like I'm grinding metal on metal except I'm not. If I remove the wheel and inspect the pads they have plenty of material on them and they look just like slightly used pads. Then...

Hey there, OP here. So sorry to hear about your troubles. I had 2 new motors, the one that came with my bike burned out in the workshop, the second came from a batch of new motors which I was told was designed to fix the issue - it didn't. At least Halfords are now admitting there is a...

Then I sincerely hope that for the sake of the sanity of staff and customers alike that they've ironed out he kinks.