Squeak, Squeak, Squeak.....
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Squeak, Squeak, Squeak.....
What is causing this Squeak..It is coming from the passenger side rear wheel area. My 72 and a friends both have the same Squeak in the same area........while you drive it, it sounds like a bird chirping, when you just touch the break pedal it goes away if you apply more pedal it comes back.....pads are good, capilers are good, pedal feels good, no excessive play in any area of the trailing arms, u-joints or any thing else in the rear......any ideas?
Greg in VA
Greg in VA
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From: Shelby Township Michigan
The seal on the caliper is the spring to help return the pad back to the returned position. Even though the caliper seems good, it is most likely a worn seal around the caliper piston. The pad and disc can become glazed and make the chirping sound.
You can scuff up the pad and it will get rid of the problem until the glazine effect returns.
Good luck,
Dino
You can scuff up the pad and it will get rid of the problem until the glazine effect returns.
Good luck,
Dino
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What is causing this Squeak..It is coming from the passenger side rear wheel area. My 72 and a friends both have the same Squeak in the same area........while you drive it, it sounds like a bird chirping, when you just touch the break pedal it goes away if you apply more pedal it comes back.....pads are good, capilers are good, pedal feels good, no excessive play in any area of the trailing arms, u-joints or any thing else in the rear......any ideas?
Greg in VA
Greg in VA
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OK, So I should remove the capiler and check the pads and seals. Do I need to look at anything else while it's down that far? I drove it to work and after it got warm the squeaking stopped until you apply the breaks ( getting hot I mean the temp not the breaks ) then it would squeak just as you apply them and then quit as you put more pressure on the break. I don't know.........
Greg in VA
Greg in VA
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From: Mesa AZ
mine squeaked for 4 years until i rebuilt my t/a 's and found one of the parking brake springs was broken and was lodged in such a way that it hit the spindle just enough to cause an annoying squeak
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I had almost exactly the same but with the drivers side rear wheel. What I found was that the pads in the calliper were being picked up by a high point on the rotor & getting pushed to the front of the calliper. It was all due to the pads on that calliper having some fore/aft movement. Temporarily packing out the slight gap between the front & rear edges of the pads backing plate stopped the squeak.
The squeak can also be due to various other things as mentioned, but it's worth checking that it's nothing simple/stupid like this first.
The squeak can also be due to various other things as mentioned, but it's worth checking that it's nothing simple/stupid like this first.
