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#1 Posted : Friday, 17 October 2008 12:27:24 AM(UTC)
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Now and then I get that squealing sound coming from my front brakes. only when you put foot on brake.

I had new calipers, disks and pads all rebuilt couple of years ago , I dont drive much but I hate the squeaky sound when put foot on the brake.

I saw some discs on ebay , the ones with the groves in them , would this fix the problem ?.


I remember 20 years ago someone told me to get a screwdriver and scratch crosses & lines in my discs and that would stop the squealing noise.. I think it did fix the problem a little .
( I don't want to do this )


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#2 Posted : Friday, 17 October 2008 2:03:12 AM(UTC)
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I had this problem when I repalced the rotors and pads on my HT. The squealing was so loud I was embarrased to drive the car. I first tried a CRC product that you spray on the discs (brake de-squeal or something similar). This stopped the noise (and the b
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#3 Posted : Friday, 17 October 2008 2:24:33 AM(UTC)
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Thanks for the great imput, Much appreciated , At times im embarrased to drive the car aswell

Brake pad shims eh ,

do they sit behind the pads to push the pads closer to the disc ?

I wonder where you can get them from , other than trying my lu
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#4 Posted : Friday, 17 October 2008 4:52:42 AM(UTC)
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doesnt the anti-squeal shims make the leading edge of the pad touch the brake disc first to stop the vibrations. we used this idea when i worked in a bicycle shop to the squeal.
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#5 Posted : Friday, 17 October 2008 5:40:02 AM(UTC)
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Mate , go end grab yourself some high temp grease . pull pads out smear the grease on back of pad where piston touches and down the sides of the pads . You will see down the side of pads shiny marks this is causing the squeal. I do this about once a year
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#6 Posted : Friday, 17 October 2008 7:04:46 AM(UTC)
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Thanks man .

Cant hurt to try .

I thought the squeal was caused by the pad rubbing against the disc, how does the side of the pad get shiny marks ?

I hope your right

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