XT Brakes. No power and screeching

[biggles604]

Originally Posted by coolatt

what's the stopping power like on the resin pads?

Incredible. I rode them in all conditions, and was totally surprised when I pulled them out and found that they were resin.

[coolatt]

Originally Posted by leggatt

This. I have the new XTR brakes which are essentially the same. I checked my hose as I had contaminated front and rear pads without ever bleeding the brakes, so there was no way I could have gotten oil on them.

I don't appear to have leaky hoses, but also the bleed port/nipple can be replaced with a set screw type fitting. If the XT has that option, swap it out. A friend of mine had the exact same issue and we figured if it wasn't the hose, it is possible the nipple was weeping oil.

It has been a month with no issues.

Looks like the XTR calipers are layed out a bit different than the XT. The XTR bleed port points down where the XT bleed port points upwards. Looks like the bleed screw would fit though so I going to try to source on out.