Rear Brake Squeak
Rear Brake Squeak I just put new pads on the rear brakes, and now, whenever I let OFF the brakes, the rears make a squeak noise. No noises at all when I am applying the brakes. I did put a little brake grease behind the pads.... could I need to lube up the caliper pins or something? Any ideas greatly appreciated.
There are little sheet metal "bastard clips" that sit in the caliper channel and keep a spring load on the pads. Did your new pads have these in the box with them, and did you use them?
They need to be there, and with some pads you have to re-use the old ones. Sound familiar?
They need to be there, and with some pads you have to re-use the old ones. Sound familiar?
If you just did them, suck it up and have the rotors re-surfaced. This is a bad area to take a shortcut unless you want the brakes to wear much more quickly, and be more likely to have troubles down the road.
Pads and rotors need to seat into each other as new. If you toss new pads on used rotors, even if they do look nice (no warping, uneven wear, grooving) there are uneven wear areas on that rotor and the two surfaces won't wear into each other properly.
With how prone our cars are to warp rotors in the first place, there's no way I'd put new pads on w/o turning or replacing the rotors.
On the same note there are some pads that are just more prone to squeal then others. Even brand new, oem quality brakes might have a little squeal here and there. But they should not be doing it during all coasting, something is wrong.
Does it happen on both sides?
Pads and rotors need to seat into each other as new. If you toss new pads on used rotors, even if they do look nice (no warping, uneven wear, grooving) there are uneven wear areas on that rotor and the two surfaces won't wear into each other properly.
With how prone our cars are to warp rotors in the first place, there's no way I'd put new pads on w/o turning or replacing the rotors.
On the same note there are some pads that are just more prone to squeal then others. Even brand new, oem quality brakes might have a little squeal here and there. But they should not be doing it during all coasting, something is wrong.
Does it happen on both sides?
