I thought it was because they were new,but three weeks on still noisy.Is it something to do wth trappped dust?How do I cure the problem.My wife says I should OIL them,errr perhaps not!
Why do the brakes on my car squeek and squeel since I had the pads changed?
DO not Oil unless you have a secret death wish. brakes are friction , oils will render them frictionless i.e no brakes.
Causes : brake dust. or Brakes not chamfered
Remedies : go to your gas station, and blow the dust out with the air pumps.
if not, youll have to chamfer the brake pads
Why do the brakes on my car squeek and squeel since I had the pads changed?
Either they did not give you new ones or your brakes themselves need to be reshaped
Take your car to a break specialist. There is more to the break system than pads %26amp; rotors. You could have a more expensive/serious underlying problem.
The brake shop did not properly prepare your rotors and replacement pads. New brakes should not squeak excessively just as they didn't when the car was new.
You should go back to whoever did them and complain. Shouldn't happen. Maybe they put a pad in backwards.
they probably installed them incorrectly its not hard to do that what disc brakes just take them back, theres alittle metal clap on each one if they forgot one it could make a sound like that
ok, don't let the wife work on your car!!!!
try going to a spray car wash (the kind where you do the work) and hitting them with a pressurized stream. should do the trick!
Sounds like you got a sorry brake job. They should have lubed all the metal to metal contact points on the pads, calipers and caliper anchors.
They should have fitted anti-squeel shims or applied copper based grease to stop this happening. (original manufacturers pads would normally have a soft lining on the back.)
The noise is due to vibration between the piston and the pad and can be eliminated by a barrier of non-metalic material between the contact surfaces.
The brakes are not affected by the squeel but is is very annoying.
Depending on the type of vehicle.....The mechanic might not have applied the lubricant between the thin metal plate and the pad itself. It usually comes as a grease the color of blue. Sometimes this will cause a squeel. He also might not have aligned the pad correctly and the %26quot;feeler%26quot; is contacting the rotor causing a squeel. this feeler is designed into the pad to let the driver know when the pads need replacing.
My dad looked at the breaks on my car and during the long %26quot;educating lainie car work shop%26quot; he told me about squeeking breaks and how it COULD be dust if the pads are fine.
Curing the prob? ....sorry didnt hear that bit,was making a cuppa by then! (Lotsa respec to my dad! xxxx)
sound like it might be a clip on the pads that has not been replaced if not get hold of a pressure washer and give the wheels a good dousing
installed wrong
Yes new pads can be a bit noisy but they usually bed in quite quickly.How are your actual discs? If they are marked or scored from the rivets on the old pads this could cause some problems.I wouldn't have thought that having changed the pads you would have cleaned most of the dust any rate.Don't listen to the wife by the way.
DONT OIL...please...could be rotors had grooves scratched in from previous brake pads...or could just be installed wrong...take it to another place and have a brake check done
This sounds as though the new pads have been put in without putting a very small amount of copper grease on the backs of the pads. Also the leading edge of the pads may need to be chamfered to reduce vibration when braking.
No!!!! Do not oil them, Sounds to me like you got CHEAP (inferior ) Brake pads that will cause brake pad dust build-up on your rims....If you leave it on there it will become a PERMANENT stain. Also there is an aerosol spray that is sprayed onto the back of the pads that almost eliminates the squeal coming from the pads...Next time ....do yourself and others around you.....Buy better Pads....but that does not necessarily mean more expensive, Buy them on sale, use them later.... Good Luck
If you installed any but OEM (for example Toyota brand for Toyota, GM/AC Delco for GM's) there is a high chance that is the reason. I worked for Firestone for 11 years from late 88- early 95, and the brake pads supplied at the time was Wagner brand. I could not tell you how many rechecks, especially Asian brand cars on brake squeak complaints; they say it was not like that when the car was new. some vehicles even with OEM brand pads, brakes still squeaked. When I worked at the Chevy dealer in the mid 90's brake squeak was only the Lumina's and the Chevy trucks (late 90's they changed the pad number for the trucks to eliminate brake squeak). I always recommend dealer for brakes because less complaints of brake squeak. Also I believe you can go cheap on engine and tranny repairs, but do not go cheap on brake repairs since brakes are the most important system.
Firstly take back to garage and complain, then ask them to remove the pads and put some 'Coopertone' paste on the rear of the pads, dont get any on the front so dont overdo it or get them to fit some 'Antisqeel' shims(very flat thin but of metal like spacers same shape as the pads). This should then hopefully be ok, it appears that the pistols when then push against the rear of the pads due to possibly a little play cause the squeeking. OI have had this type of problem myself and that how I
you need to check your disc to seeif thier is a lip on them if so you need to replace them also check to see if you put some copper grease on the back of pads and you put all the metal clips back in
Hi,
That sounds fairly staightforwards.
Whover did the the pad replacement has not fitted new %26quot;anti-squeel%26quot; springs. they are about 拢1-2 each, and new ones should be fitted against new pads.
If the old ones are left in, the things will squeak and squeel.
Of course, ignore such notions as %26quot;your discs are warped%26quot;, or %26quot;your discs are too thin%26quot;.
This is often a ruse to spend loads on new discs, calipers, etc.
Get the beggars to put new springs in at minimal cost, which they should of done automatically in the first place, and I bet all is well.
No more squeeks !
Bob
Dont oil your brakes, you use them to stop.
They squeel because of the previous wear on your old roters.
It shouldnt be a big deal, and wont really affect braking performance, my suggestion is to just live with em.
rotors R warped,
OR
crappy instal
hi by the sounds of it you need to change the disc. but before doing that you could try applying copper grease (you can easily buy it in halfords) to the side where the brakepads attaches to the caliper (not the side that sticks to the disc) if it still doesnt work then its the disc that is damage and will need replacing. gud luck!
you probally can't cure the problem. Brake pads either squeak or don't . It depends on the make up of the pads. The low quality pads or high quality pads have the same stopping power . The high end metallic pads that you pay more for from your local parts shop cost more and they last longer but, they wear out your rotors or drums, the cheap pads wear quicker bit they do not wear our your rotors or drums. Depending on what type of vehicle you have pads cost around $18.00. Drums or rotors can very between $20.00 to $75.00. There are spray on products that remove brake dust, which also causes squeaks, I never tried any of them but, I am told it helps. They are specialty products nothing like oil or WD40 that removes brake dust but. after only 3 weeks your pads probally have not created enough dust to cause a squeak. Good luck
good question, mine does the same.....don't listen to poochy, hes a ********. go to brake dealers or fitters and ask them, then let me know!
spray some w d 40 on them they wont squeek then
