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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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I am not an expert on brakes but they are making squeaking noises when I come to a stop. So do I need new brake pads or something else? I have a 98 A4 with 36k miles.
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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It can be a couple of things. It could be the brake wear "chirper", which tells you it's time to change the pads before they wear into the rotors. It could also be caused by dry contact between the calipers and the pads themselves. Pull the pads out and put a small amount of high-temp grease (not too expensive, you can get it at any car parts store) on the metal-to-metal contact areas.

HTH, and have a good one,
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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If you determine it is the pads and replace them yourself, cruise the forum a little (search) first. There has been a couple threads on it and the danger of spreading the caliper without the bleed valve open. The backward fluid pressure may damage the proportioning valve.
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The surface of the pads/rotors could be glalzed from riding the breaks.
deglazing via several had stops form 30 - 0, 40- 0 , 50- 0 and 60- 0
should help if it is a glazing issue.
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