Squeaky Breaks
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Squeaky Breaks
HI ALL,
I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SQUEAKY BREAKS. I PULLED OFF THE WHEELS AND THE PADS AND ROTORS ARE FINE. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT IS CAUSING THE SQUEAKS. I AM ABOUT TO CHANGE BOTH PADS AND ROTORS. I CAN TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!
I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SQUEAKY BREAKS. I PULLED OFF THE WHEELS AND THE PADS AND ROTORS ARE FINE. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT IS CAUSING THE SQUEAKS. I AM ABOUT TO CHANGE BOTH PADS AND ROTORS. I CAN TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!
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Originally Posted by jcoulter
Try putting on some softer pads......organic maybe. Won't stop quite as well but I doubt you'll ever know the difference unless you're racing it.
I had terrible squeek/squeal untill I replaced my pads and went with an organic set from Muskegon Brake. I can't tell any difference in stopping power. They may not last as long but that's not an issue for me.
1 - [] 1965-1982 FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS ( PREMIUM ORGANIC (AIMCO) SPF8S ) - $33.50 USD
Burning Brakes
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From: Santee CA
Put some anti-squeal on the back of the brake pads, and spray some disc cleaner on the rotors. I was getting horrible squeal with my dad's truck when we replaced the pads; we had to pull the pads back off and apply the anti-squeal twice before it went away.
Part of the reason it squealed after we applied it the 1st time was that we didn't let the anti-squeal gunk set up like it says on the back of the bottle and tried to rush it.
On my DD, I got some squeal initially when I first changed the pads, and that was due to the pads having a "conditioning" layer on them that had to set on the discs themselves. Once I got them worn down past the conditioning layer, they didn't squeal anymore.
Part of the reason it squealed after we applied it the 1st time was that we didn't let the anti-squeal gunk set up like it says on the back of the bottle and tried to rush it.
On my DD, I got some squeal initially when I first changed the pads, and that was due to the pads having a "conditioning" layer on them that had to set on the discs themselves. Once I got them worn down past the conditioning layer, they didn't squeal anymore.
