brake squeal help, cant seem to find the source.... |
brake squeal help, cant seem to find the source.... |
Dec 9, 2008 - 3:45 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '07 From Oahu, Hawaii Currently Offline Reputation: 23 (100%) |
my front right has been squeaking like the hell and i cant seem to find the problem.
took the brakes out and cleaned them with brake cleaner and applied that brake contact grease thing that's supposed to help ease squeal. that dont work...... looked and check the brake pad clips and bent them to they fit really snug on the brake caliper bracket. i lightly scuffed my rotor and pad to see if there is any type of glazing that could make a noise or what ever. scuffed both sides of the rotor i did scuff both fr left and fr right (problem spot) while the car was up. depressed the piston on both sides and blead the brake system while i was there and still the front right (pass side) still squeals. it squeaks especially when i apply the brakes at lets say 5%, and it squeaks when ever i turn to the left at about 3-15 degrees its getting really annoying, i dont have old brakes, just changed them recently, rotors were resurfaced at that time also. where is the noise coming from?!?!?!?! **could cheap brake shims that came with the new brake pads cause the squeaking??? -------------------- I don't normally drive fast, but when I do its on a curvy section of this island
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Dec 11, 2008 - 2:06 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 4, '06 From Kelowna, BC Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
Mine squeal pretty bad and I thought it had to do with the weather because once the temp went up in the spring, the squealing was gone for good, but sadly now it's back. I remember applying that stop squeal spray to the back of the pads and if I recall, I had 2 stacked shims on the outer front pads (one was black, the other shiny silver), but I only remember maybe 1 on the back pad. There should be 4 total on each front rotor? Same with the rear rotors?
Anyone have part numbers or a rough price for these shims? I think i'm shy a couple. -------------------- |
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