break squeak
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break squeak
I had a break/brake squeak on the left rear of my 2001 vert. Right behind my ear. Annoying as hell and showed up out of the blue. So I don't know the history of the car and decide to replace all of the shoes with Raybestos Metallic pads. The rotors look stock and are smooth with no pulsing when I am heavy or light on the breaks/brakes. I did not have them turned. The old shoes were at about 50% worn and did not have any of that break/brake quiet stuff on the back of the pads. So I pull out the old ones and put the new ones in with the pink break/brake quiet stuff on the back of the pads. Now the left rear squeaks worse than before. I wonder if it will go away as they wear in? Or is there some other stuff I can put on the pads that eliminates the squeak? Any ideas?
Last edited by lunaticfringe007; Sep 21, 2019 at 05:08 PM.
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Did you grease the pad tabs.. and clean the tab runners??? brake dust accumulates in the runners, and the pad tabs can act like nails on a chalkboard.. since the tab runners are hardened metal, as are the pad tabs.
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Not sure what you are talking about? So i probably didn't
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There are two guide tabs on each pad.
They side into a removable retainer in the caliper. The retainer is a hardened piece of hardware. This retainer gets filled with brake dust overtime and can bind the pads. You need brake pad grease. A can of brake clean will clean the retainers. Once clean, add some grease . The pad tabs will float in these guides without binding and there will be no hard metal to metal dry contact in this high contact area
They side into a removable retainer in the caliper. The retainer is a hardened piece of hardware. This retainer gets filled with brake dust overtime and can bind the pads. You need brake pad grease. A can of brake clean will clean the retainers. Once clean, add some grease . The pad tabs will float in these guides without binding and there will be no hard metal to metal dry contact in this high contact area
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Originally Posted by lunaticfringe007 
Well so far so good. Break/brake Greece/grease worked. No more noise.
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Well so far so good. Break/brake Greece/grease worked. No more noise.
I'm not just another pretty face.
I know stuff
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