Anti-squeal shims

[Scooby P1]

Has anyone heard of these and if so any idea where to get some?

Although my new brake pads are sensational, when fitted to AP calipers they have a bad tendency at low speed to squeal enough to drive you mad. (same in my brother's Evo with APs - but not my Subaru with Alcons!).

I really want my front braks to stop squeaking and anti-squeal shims are apparently the way to go.

also - what brake fluid does everyone use for road + track?

cheers

[TuxMan]

Hi Lawrence , good luck with the squealing I've tried most things to no avail !!!! I use AP racing 600 fluid . Tux

[Scooby P1]

Bizarrely my Impreza has not squealed once in over a year with the same pads! The low speed, in town squealing does my head in!

Will order some fluid now, think i was cooking mine at Rockingham.

Cheers Si.

[TuxMan]

Yeh it pisses me off too !!!! Also it's always the passenger side front that makes the racket !!!!!!!! Tux

[Scooby P1]

Mine are both, and it encourages anti social braking to stop it happening....ie braking really hard at slow speeds which is dull!

[5paulmv]

i use a bit of copperslip on the back of the pads aint heard of squel shims since my mk 1 escort n capri 280 days long time ago

[Hollowpockets]

No pad squeal here, just use a bit of copper slip on the pagids.

[Rob_W]

TuxMan said:

Yeh it pisses me off too !!!! Also it's always the passenger side front that makes the racket !!!!!!!! Tux

Think you will find it's your other half Tux

[joust]

5paulmv said:

i use a bit of copperslip on the back of the pads aint heard of squel shims since my mk 1 escort n capri 280 days long time ago

Ditto. Reasonable dollop of copperease and et. voila in my experience.

[RobP]

+1 copperslip on BACK of pad

[anotherdom]

RobP said:

+1 copperslip on BACK of pad

If you didn't know this - DO NOT service your own brakes!

[Adrian W]

you're all missing a trick here

[TuxMan]

Tried copper grease , did not work , also took the sharpe edges off , it's common with the pagid pads . Tux

[RobP]

Adrian W said:

you're all missing a trick here

Don't tell me... leave them out all together, so you get to go fast all the time? Well, nearly all the time.

[Scooby P1]

anotherdom said:

If you didn't know this - DO NOT service your own brakes!

Jetstream fitted them - they are experts aren't they?

Mind you, i think when i got the same pads fitted to my subaru, i asked the guy to take the sharp edges off and perhaps he copper greased the backs himself as they have never squeaked once!

[anotherdom]

My comment related to RobP emphasising the copper grease goes on the BACK!

[Scooby P1]

ahh. like i do with emails, must have read that too quickly and missed the point!!

[D_G]

I fixed this on mine.

Take off the caliper and turn it upside down, you will see the shims fitted to the caliper by an allen bolt, take these off and clean off the surfaces on the caliper and shim (mine had corrosion between the two surfaces). Lightly coat with copper grease and refit the shims to the caliper, lightly grease the pads as normal on the edges.

Mines been quiet for 18 months since I did this.

Dave

[R0162]

has anybody thought of putting a bit of copperslip on the back?

[R0162]

or you could try putting a bit of copper slip on the back..