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 Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:22 am |
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Joined: Jun 12, 2011
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Location: Hertfordshire
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Hi everyone, i have the squeakiest brakes known to man! Had a recent pad change and everything was fine for about a week but know they squeak and its so bloody annoying! I cleaned my discs the other day and it stopped it for about an hour then it came back  Has anyone got any suggestions?
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:20 am |
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Location: Stevenage
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Did you apply cooper slip to the back of the pads when they were changed?
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:25 am |
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Location: Kings Lynn
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Did you buy cheap pads?
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| My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:34 am |
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Location: Norfolk
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Did you abuse them?
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:39 am |
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I got someone I knew to do them because I didn't have the time to do them myself! I'll have a look later and pput some on! They haven't been abused either 
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:41 am |
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Location: Kings Lynn
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Delphi pads have anti squeel shims attached.
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| My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:41 am |
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Is that like a thin piece of metal that goes on after the pad?
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:48 am |
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Yeah they can be, the delphi one have like a neoprene surface on the back of the pad
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| My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:08 am |
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did you bedded in the pad?
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:13 am |
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Ah i see! On one of my calipers I have a thin metal plate that goes on after the pad? Only on the drivers side caliper though. And yeah I carefully bedded them in for like 200 miles
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:25 am |
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Location: UK
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I think brakes were designed to squeal just to p@ss drivers off.
Grease the buggers, sand 'em, should quiet down after a while.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:36 am |
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Location: Hertfordshire
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Yeah man seems that way! Trust me it makes my car a real head turner 
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:37 am |
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| lmilligan wrote: |
| Ah i see! On one of my calipers I have a thin metal plate that goes on after the pad? Only on the drivers side caliper though. And yeah I carefully bedded them in for like 200 miles |
you need to brake hard but not overheating the pad when bedding in the pad
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:53 am |
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Joined: Jun 12, 2011
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Location: Hertfordshire
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Ah man I was told to use the brakes nice and gentle! Do you think that could be problem?
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:12 am |
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Joined: Aug 12, 2010
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Location: Cornwall, UK
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Cheap pads are brittle and go shiny. I had this when bought my 206 last year. I live out in the sticks, but at the bottom of a long hill and neighbours could hear me coming half a mile away! Previous owner had pads done for MOT but suspect he used "cheap and cheerfuls" - when we took them off you could almost see your face in them, they were so polished!
Changed to good quality pads, which also have a chamfered leading edge (supposed to prevent vibration which adds to to noise), and not a squeal since!
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