squeeking brakes
Re: squeeking brakes Hawk makes a huge array of compounds. Everything from street, to autocross, to allout race pads. The Blues are pretty aggresive for street use. They will eat stock rotors up like no tomorrow and that is usually where the grinding noise comes from. The more aggresive pads usually have a warm up time associated with them as well, making them not ideal candidates for use in michigan winters. I learned my lession on my '94.
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Re: squeeking brakes Are you sure it's not the compounds in the pad, I have the Hawk HPS's and damn they squeel like a little pig!!......I was told that the componds were semi-metallic with that pad and that is why they are squeeling?....true?...
Re: squeeking brakes i have that exact setup.
The squeeking you hear is the pistons of the caliper pushing on the pad. I had it too, but after i bought some brake caliper grease and lubed up the side of the pad the pistons push on, it never happened again.
you can get it at pep-boys or anyplace, just make sure its high-temp. Before you do it, you might want to get some air, and blow the calipers out, mine were a lil deerty.
The squeeking you hear is the pistons of the caliper pushing on the pad. I had it too, but after i bought some brake caliper grease and lubed up the side of the pad the pistons push on, it never happened again.
you can get it at pep-boys or anyplace, just make sure its high-temp. Before you do it, you might want to get some air, and blow the calipers out, mine were a lil deerty.
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Re: squeeking brakes Hey Guy's I talked to Jason at MTI today He say's I have the HPS's also.
He is gonna put that lube stuff on the back of the pad.
I hope that work's
anyway I know MTI will make it right.
Thanks guy's for your input.
He is gonna put that lube stuff on the back of the pad.
I hope that work's
anyway I know MTI will make it right.
Thanks guy's for your input.
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Re: squeeking brakes I have the same setup,eradi speed rotors with hawk pads and there starting to squeel.Let us know how the GM pads hold up but i think your rotors will eat them up pretty fast.I was thinking of going to a ceramic pad.
Re: squeeking brakes One trick you may want to try.
Get a set of the anti rattle "shields" that fasten to the rear of the pad (it's a thin metal plate that is about the shape of the pad...usually found on the back of your factory pads, or at autozone or the dealer). Put a super thin layer of high temp silicone sealer on the back of the pad, install the anti rattle clip and let dry under a brick (be careful not to tear up the pad surface, but you don't want a thick layer of silicone under there or you will have extra brake pedal travel). The super thin layer of silicone will act as a buffer between the pad and caliper and will eliminate some squealing (and very often...all of the squealing). This is a trick I learned from Larry at Carbotech adn thought I'd pass it along. Good luck.
Get a set of the anti rattle "shields" that fasten to the rear of the pad (it's a thin metal plate that is about the shape of the pad...usually found on the back of your factory pads, or at autozone or the dealer). Put a super thin layer of high temp silicone sealer on the back of the pad, install the anti rattle clip and let dry under a brick (be careful not to tear up the pad surface, but you don't want a thick layer of silicone under there or you will have extra brake pedal travel). The super thin layer of silicone will act as a buffer between the pad and caliper and will eliminate some squealing (and very often...all of the squealing). This is a trick I learned from Larry at Carbotech adn thought I'd pass it along. Good luck.
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Re: squeeking brakes Aftermarket pads can make one kind of squealing sound that is just normal, but the little clips between the pads and the caliper brackets make another really annoying squealing sound. The blue anti-squeal glue on the back of the pads did not work for me, but the last time I had the brakes off I dropped one of the shiny little clips and recognized the pitch as being the same pitch as the annoying squeal. I cleaned and reinstalled the clips with a little blue anti-squeal between the clips and the brackets. My car sounds great now.
The clips I mean are tiny, shiny, and saddle shaped and take up space between the ears of the brake pads and the brackets. There are 2 clips on each brake. The anti-squeal glue is the flexible non-hardening stuff and it may come in other colors.
Note: the ears on the pads have to be able to move back and forth, don't glue the pads to the clips.
Be sure to use the red synthetic lube on the caliper pins when you put it all back together. Suspension grease will melt away with the heat and foul the brakes. (Don't ask me how I know that.)
The clips I mean are tiny, shiny, and saddle shaped and take up space between the ears of the brake pads and the brackets. There are 2 clips on each brake. The anti-squeal glue is the flexible non-hardening stuff and it may come in other colors.
Note: the ears on the pads have to be able to move back and forth, don't glue the pads to the clips.
Be sure to use the red synthetic lube on the caliper pins when you put it all back together. Suspension grease will melt away with the heat and foul the brakes. (Don't ask me how I know that.)