Civic type r squealing brake

Civic type r squealing brake

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alhitch

Original Poster:

14 posts

109 months

Thursday 10th September 2015
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Hi guys

I've got a problem with the car and it's starting to really annoy me!

It started when I changed my pads all round and every time I went out in it after the rear brake would squeal on the drivers side without actually applying them. To cut a long story short the rear calipers had just about had it and I've just had them replaced. Problem is the squealing is still there.

I'm not the most mechanically minded of people so I'm hoping one of you could help me aha it's getting embarrassing the noise it makes and preferably don't want to spend much more on it as I'll be looking to get a new car after Christmas!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Alex

Thunder18

160 posts

118 months

Friday 11th September 2015
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Find a suitable brake grease (molykote or such) and apply it to the back of the pad before fitting. Don't use copper grease as this will encourage binding of the calipers

twin40s

153 posts

254 months

Monday 21st September 2015
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Its worth checking that the shims between the pad and calliper are fitted.

When I bought my EP3 they were all missing, and the brakes squealed quite badly.
(Some numpty probably threw them out with the old pads)

Once fitted the brakes were nice and quiet.

They're not that expensive, maybe £30 for all four wheels.

Paul