Thread: Squealing brakes

Originally Posted by ytt105

1993 Rangie, 3.9, auto on gas.
Front brakes started squealing badly when braking lightly, so I did the following; several attempts with the 'anti-squeal brake goop', roughed up the pad material, beveled every edge of the pads, and finally threw them away! This really hurt tightwad me as they had at least half the 'meat' left.
So I fitted brand new pads from an Australian manufacturer that I have had success with before, (can't remember the name now) and lo and behold the 'no squealing' lasted about 20 mins. This was after doing the 'bedding-in' thing as recommended by the manufacturer.
What do I do now?
These pads, and the previous ones, don't have anti-squeal shims, they are pre-gooped.
Should I try and get shims for them?
Do I have to buy new rotors to stop the squeal, the present rotors have plenty of meat on them and aren't scored in any way.
Any other options open to me?

mmmm check the back brakes

Ie are you shore it is the front ones as noises under rangie carry and can seem to come from the front but can be the back

Been there, done that - rear brakes are fine.

I had the same problem in my defender i just got some high temp gasket cement (silastic)

i just covered the back of the pads and no more squeal

have the pads got a cut down the centre of the friction material.....?

Not trying to steal the thread here but the Mother-in-laws Disco brakes squeel slightly when driving, if going dead straight on even ground it doesn't do it, but as soon as you turn the wheel or the road changes or when the car moves around a bit it happens.
Would this be caused by worn wheel bearings?
Nipped em up a little and made a bit of difference, but soon came back.

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

have the pads got a cut down the centre of the friction material.....?

Vertical or horizontal?

Recently checked out my pads and they have a "crack" down the centre of each pad. Plenty of meat on em but they squeal like a pig.

Might try the high temp silicone method.

Originally Posted by D110V8D

Vertical or horizontal?

grab your hacksaw and cut a groove in them like this........about 3/4 of the thickness of the pad.......
and chamfer the leading edges of the pads.......

if the pads have any type of material stuck to the back of them....but only on half of the pad......
make sure it is fitted the correct way around.....the thicker section is to be on the trailing side of the pad......

take some pics of the pads front and back and post them on here if you can....

This may be in the urban myth category:

"Hard pads squeal, soft pads don't...."

In order to stop this happening, there is a remedy.



Don't use the brakes....LOL.



(Well, I don't, don't really need 'em where I live).

GQ