One month ago, I changed my brakes on my car. After two weeks, it started squealing when I softly press on my brakes. This is not the case when I press hardly on my brakes. Only when I PRESS SOFTLY ON THEM.
Any help would be great.
Why do my brakes squeal after I recently replaced them?
this happened to me ,i took my car back and they said for me to take it to the car wash and use comet cleaner to scrub them with and it worked....they prob. just need to be cleaned
Why do my brakes squeal after I recently replaced them?
Sounds like you need a good lube job. And get those breaks looked at too.
bring them back in, maybe they were put on wrong
They are too small. Its not a problem but quite annoying. You can get as much use of them as possible, then next time make sure you know your exact size. Take care
becuase they still might be new or who ever did em didnt apply enough grease needed. simply get sum grease in the rotors and the squeeking will stop. or if you got dust or dirt in your breaks that will cause them to sqweek also....
I'd be willing to bet you didn't get the most expensive pads available. The composite materials in cheaper pads will aid in bringing your vehicle to rest just as well as the more expensive ones, but you have to deal with the noise and associated residue that will be left on your wheels soon. You get what you pay for!
there usu. is no problem. the reason why brakes squeal is because of brake dust. it happens to all cars no matter how old. its completely normal but if it bothers u, then u can try taking the brakes off and cleaning them. unless there is something wrong with ur breaks like stopping very short etc (then u need ur brakes aligned %26amp; fixed). if no other probs then ur fine
they just need to wear in
their may be some sort of contaminant on them due to the person who changed them. he could have had grease or something on his hands.
They have a anti squeal that you apply to back of pads should have gotten it with breaks although it's probably sold separate now.
It's probably brake dust. It occurs usually when you use a non-metallic pad. There are stop squealing products you could get or you could blow them off with an air gun. If your rims are getting dirty faster than usual dust is probably the problem. This squeal is not a stopping problem just an annoyance.
%26quot;assuming the rotors and drums are in good shape%26quot;They actually sell a lubicant and cleaner designed to clean asbestos residue from break components. I usually use soap and water to clean the rotors and new breaks which works fine too.
First of all, there are SOME systems that will squeak no matter what you do when pressing softly. This is a little rare, however.
You said that you replaced them yourself. This being said, the most likely thing that happened is that the rotors/drums were not machined to match the new pads. This will cause a noise because the set needs to burnish itself to get good contact. This is especially critical on metallic composition pads.
Next, make sure you lubricated every moving part in the system with grease before installing the pads/shoes. Some pads don't come new with shims that go between the pad and the caliper, so watch for that, too.
If you don't want to machine the rotor, then the best thing you can really do (cheating, by the way) is take some sort of circular action sander and some relatively smooth sandpaper and brush a circular pattern into the rotors. Sometimes this helps eliminate noises, other times you just have to rough up the pads, machine the rotors/drums and reinstall.
It needs oil on it.
They need the anti squel applied to the back of the disk. The anti squel is a rubber goop you add to the back and it stops the harmonic vibrations from forming thus your car is quiet when you stop.
Depending on the brake pads that were used and the most important thing is, did you have the rotors machined, by not doing this it can always cause the best pads to squeal.
