Need help!, Brakes and rotors! Options

[Chaggi]

Hello! I was having trouble with my car the other day when i was driving it. Out of nowhere i started hearing some squeaks and scraping when i break or when im slowing down.. Also my steering wheel starts to vibrate when i break or when i go over 60 mph. So i went to shop and got it checked, the guys at the shop told me that my rotor was probably warped and needed replacing. They quoted me 460 dollars to do it -.- so i was like no thank you. I went to autozone and picked up new rotors and breakpads and decided to do it myself. After everything.. its still making the scraping sound and my break are not working as good as they use too. can someone point me in the right direction i what to do.

[cheela]

check your shims and the little metal clips that hold the brake pads in. mine got bent and scratched a groove into my disc.

[Chaggi]

check your shims and the little metal clips that hold the brake pads in. mine got bent and scratched a groove into my disc.

oh alright thank you. ill do that!

[Chaggi]

I checked the little metal clips that hold the break pads none of em seem bent or damaged and so does the shim.. could it be my axle? Also my break dont break as hard as they do.. like it lost power or something.. i did flushed my pistons

[Overkill]

I checked the little metal clips that hold the break pads none of em seem bent or damaged and so does the shim.. could it be my axle? Also my break dont break as hard as they do.. like it lost power or something.. i did flushed my pistons

Chaggi - I would like to refer you to my thread... http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=90893

I would suggest going through the steps and make sure you did all of them correctly. Also, what year and model car do you have? automatic? Manual? You said "I did flushed my pistons".... What do you mean by that?

[Chaggi]

I checked the little metal clips that hold the break pads none of em seem bent or damaged and so does the shim.. could it be my axle? Also my break dont break as hard as they do.. like it lost power or something.. i did flushed my pistons

Chaggi - I would like to refer you to my thread... http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=90893

I would suggest going through the steps and make sure you did all of them correctly. Also, what year and model car do you have? automatic? Manual? You said "I did flushed my pistons".... What do you mean by that?

This is the stick i followed changing my rotors and brake pads. (THANKS BTW) I mean flushed like in your step 3 when you use an old pad and c clamp to flush the piston back in the caliper like you said. I have a 1994 toyota celica GT AUTO.

[Overkill]

Is there any way you can take a video so we can hear the sound while you are breaking? Also, did the vibration when braking stop after you replaced everything?

This post has been edited by Overkill: Oct 31, 2013 - 12:44 PM

[Chaggi]

Is there any way you can take a video so we can hear the sound while you are breaking? Also, did the vibration when braking stop after you replaced everything?

Ill try to get a video by tomorrow. The vibration stopped when breaking. I was thinking to what cheela said and some of the metal clips are not bend but they are loose. i was thinking maybe when i break move out of place and hit the rotor.

[Overkill]

Is there any way you can take a video so we can hear the sound while you are breaking? Also, did the vibration when braking stop after you replaced everything?

Ill try to get a video by tomorrow. The vibration stopped when breaking. I was thinking to what cheela said and some of the metal clips are not bend but they are loose. i was thinking maybe when i break move out of place and hit the rotor.

I am thinking you might be right. I would recheck the clips and replace them if necessary.

[cheela]

also, check your new rotors and see if there are any new grooves appearing. If there's nothing then the scraping isn't from your brakes.