squeeky brakes

[alex56]

my pads are only a few months old.. and from the begenning they were squeaking, now there to the point where its everytime i step on the brake i sound like a 80 year old gremlin comming to a stop!:0 i use autozone brake cleaner/ works for a day or 2.. and brake quiet spray/samething/ caliper lube maby a week at most... still a chalkboard schreeching noise that drives me insane!


wats the best way youve found to deal with them without taken em apart?!

 

[ALLEGRO]

You probably just don't have them bedded in yet.

My Corvette does this when I don't drive it aggressively. All it takes is a couple of good hard stops and all is good again. Try this:

Do 6 or 7 hard stops from 60mph, but do NOT come to a complete stop. Keep rolling and drive on. This will keep any possiblity of rotor-warpage out of the picture.

Try that and see if it does not solve your case of the "screaming clampers."

 

[alex56]

i will try this! theres no reason for them to be doing this, unless therre little rocks/dust between the pads or something

 

[VA07]

wats the best way youve found to deal with them without taken em apart?!

The best way I know involves taking them apart. I have had issues with this before. Take the pads back out and use a file to round off the sharp edge all the way around the pad. Then reinstall. I have had the noise issue enough that I now take a file to the edge before installing the pads the first time now. Since I have started doing this I have yet to have any noise issues with new pads.