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Car experts - Having brake trouble
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supertech69
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Some aftermarket pads (especially the lifetime waranty ones that Auto Zone sells) have a 2 ply sheet metal on the back of the pads. Often times the sheet metal will tear way from the rivets holding the pads on & the thin sheet metal will start to warp/bend causing squeaking. Check the back of the pads, it's very obvious if this is the case. Otherwise it could be any of the other things mentioned above.
Lumberg
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Yeah maybe it just needs Disk Brake Quiet, it's blue gunk that comes in either a spray can or a pouch like soy sauce.
Second possibility: needs shims. serve the same purpose as the above.
Third, most likely possibility: either glazed rotors or pads.
You can take sandpaper or an abrasion tool to both that helps. Sometimes the edge of the pad is catching and beveling the edges helps. If the rotors are real bad you might have to have them machined. Make sure they put a non-directional finish on 'em when they're done and brakleen the metal particles off.
I had a 76 Malibu whose brakes squeaked and I tried all of the above but to no avail. Finally I realized it was little cracks in the brake pads (cheap pads). I even tried sanding down the areas around the cracks so they weren't touching the rotor but there were too many. I forget if I just lived with it or bought new pads. Probably lived with it, I was poor.
Second possibility: needs shims. serve the same purpose as the above.
Third, most likely possibility: either glazed rotors or pads.
You can take sandpaper or an abrasion tool to both that helps. Sometimes the edge of the pad is catching and beveling the edges helps. If the rotors are real bad you might have to have them machined. Make sure they put a non-directional finish on 'em when they're done and brakleen the metal particles off.
I had a 76 Malibu whose brakes squeaked and I tried all of the above but to no avail. Finally I realized it was little cracks in the brake pads (cheap pads). I even tried sanding down the areas around the cracks so they weren't touching the rotor but there were too many. I forget if I just lived with it or bought new pads. Probably lived with it, I was poor.
