Squealing brakes! HELP!
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Hey all,
Any ideas why my brakes are squealing on the front???..its so bad when my brakes have warmed up, when driving through town and i get some 'lady attention' i have to look at the nearby bus/lorry and point and shake my head to shift the blame!....not so good when there are no busses!
Anyhow, ive got a 400 (although im sure you know that!) standard brakes but with mintex road/track pads. Ive tried to greae them all over but doesnt last at all...should i have shims? If so where do i get them! They work, surprisingly well from fellow wedgers comparision stories!
Any ideas???
Any ideas why my brakes are squealing on the front???..its so bad when my brakes have warmed up, when driving through town and i get some 'lady attention' i have to look at the nearby bus/lorry and point and shake my head to shift the blame!....not so good when there are no busses!
Anyhow, ive got a 400 (although im sure you know that!) standard brakes but with mintex road/track pads. Ive tried to greae them all over but doesnt last at all...should i have shims? If so where do i get them! They work, surprisingly well from fellow wedgers comparision stories!
Any ideas???
There are a few tricks I've tried in the past, no one approach is infallible but one or other of them usually works.
Clean up the caliper where the pad rests against it. Grease the back of the pads. This introduces damping between the pads and the piston/caliper bridge, which damps down the vibration. Clean the grease off and use anti-squeal paste instead (non-setting adhesive). Chamfer the edges of the pad.
Clean up the caliper where the pad rests against it. Grease the back of the pads. This introduces damping between the pads and the piston/caliper bridge, which damps down the vibration. Clean the grease off and use anti-squeal paste instead (non-setting adhesive). Chamfer the edges of the pad.
As already mentioned
1. Flat the pads off on some rough 60 grit paper & chamfer edges of pad
2. Clean the 'slides' in the caliper (the little 'ears' on the pads sit here)
3. Apply copperslip to rear of pads and slides (liberally)
4. Take off any lips off the disc
Should do the trick
>> Edited by GasMonkey on Tuesday 23 May 22:14
1. Flat the pads off on some rough 60 grit paper & chamfer edges of pad
2. Clean the 'slides' in the caliper (the little 'ears' on the pads sit here)
3. Apply copperslip to rear of pads and slides (liberally)
4. Take off any lips off the disc
Should do the trick
>> Edited by GasMonkey on Tuesday 23 May 22:14
why would the pads go glazed? As i said, they've only been on there for about 3 months and done about 1000 miles...
I was wondering if the shims should be in there? There wernt any which came out then i changed the pads?
The bible isnt clear as to weather the 400 should have shims or not...i wouldnt know where to start to get those from a motor factors!! Guess its another RT racing then!
Would the coke can idea work? Do the shims stop the squealing?
I was wondering if the shims should be in there? There wernt any which came out then i changed the pads?
The bible isnt clear as to weather the 400 should have shims or not...i wouldnt know where to start to get those from a motor factors!! Guess its another RT racing then!
Would the coke can idea work? Do the shims stop the squealing?
matt-man said:
why would the pads go glazed? As i said, they've only been on there for about 3 months and done about 1000 miles...
That's quite likely to be the reason, the pads will glaze up as the face overheats, may be caused by irregular use and slightly corroding discs,
effectivly with little mileage all the pads do is scrape the surface corrosion off and get hot. It happens over a period of time so cleaning them up will help
If the pads are glazed they will be shiny and not rough
Hope that helps GM
Good luck mate.
Gave mine a wash this afty (following a good hooligan hoon). That was enough car-related energy expenditure for one day.
I'm a great believer in 'if it works don't fix it'. So I won't.
I still can't get over how much better the brakes are on these 400s - means I can go much faster everywhere.
Gave mine a wash this afty (following a good hooligan hoon). That was enough car-related energy expenditure for one day.
I'm a great believer in 'if it works don't fix it'. So I won't.
I still can't get over how much better the brakes are on these 400s - means I can go much faster everywhere.
No shims on my 400, just the securing pins and springs. Some pads do squeal due to the high metal content - I ran some Pagid's which did this, and worse were race spec. DS3000's. Which Mintex pads are you using - if track orientated, that may well be the reason. Some pads, especially Ferodo, also have insulating pads bonded to the backplate.
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yeah guessing that the pads could be the problem...my dads got the same on his ultima and they squeak, but a different league to mine!
Just looking on the reciept, they were from Richard thorpe and were 'Mintex Pads Fast Road'....
Ill call him later, he seems to know his cookies!
Definatly dont want to go all the way to lemans with the brakes like they are! They work well but cant live with the noise!
Just looking on the reciept, they were from Richard thorpe and were 'Mintex Pads Fast Road'....
Ill call him later, he seems to know his cookies!
Definatly dont want to go all the way to lemans with the brakes like they are! They work well but cant live with the noise!
matt-man said:Don't know what was fitted to the 400 sorry. I'm sure others will though. Worst case take an old pad down and find the shim that matches it's silhouette.
Anti-squeal shims can be bought from your friendly Halfords store if you know what vehicle they were common to.
Leo
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