Help! Brake Squeak from Hell!
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Joined: Sep 2000
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From: Far NW 'burbs of Chicago
St. Jude Donor '13
Our 2001/2006/2009/2017 Corvettes, all Z51 with factory pads, would start to develop brake squeak or squeal after gentle daily driving for a while. The 2017 will also develop brake pulsation from transferred pad material.
The solution for me was to do a weekend of autocross, or a hard blast on a twisty road with some hard braking. Repeat as necessary, maybe every 3k-5k miles.
One time on the 2017 I let it go too long and had to do the complete brake bedding procedure.
Bill Dearborn once suggested simply using the brakes harder than normal, but not brutally, in your normal driving. At every stop sign, delay your braking until you're half the distance from the sign where you would normally start braking. If that isn't enough, abuse them enough to get rid of the noise and start again, braking even a little later. But don't be dumb, allow yourself enough distance to be safe on slicker pavement.
The solution for me was to do a weekend of autocross, or a hard blast on a twisty road with some hard braking. Repeat as necessary, maybe every 3k-5k miles.
One time on the 2017 I let it go too long and had to do the complete brake bedding procedure.
Bill Dearborn once suggested simply using the brakes harder than normal, but not brutally, in your normal driving. At every stop sign, delay your braking until you're half the distance from the sign where you would normally start braking. If that isn't enough, abuse them enough to get rid of the noise and start again, braking even a little later. But don't be dumb, allow yourself enough distance to be safe on slicker pavement.
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Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 60
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From: California
Help! I have a 2015 Z51, and the rear brakes are constantly squeaking! It is driving me nuts and is also embarrassing. The squeak happens in a specific range of braking - not on very light braking or very hard braking, but somewhere in between. I replaced the brake pads only about a year ago. The only (temporary) solution I have found to the squeak is to pull out the pads and rough them up on the concrete, which usually fixes the problem for a few days. Is there a permanent fix for this or it normal?!
the brembo squeak was so annoying. Worst when stopping and rolling to the stoplights.
Instantly dried up panties
was so embarrassing with a sports car with squeals and squeaks
i took out the pads and lubed all the backs. Still squeaked
fianlly went to rock auto and bought what everyone recommends - power stop z23
best decision wver
