Brakes ahhh!

[greenisbest]

Squeeling brakes!!

Need to vent some annoyance on PH. I've had this problem with my brakes and it's been in twice once to change (and upgraded) pads (which needed doing anyway) but the problem persisted so the disks where changed and the problem has come back in a few hundred miles later. So it has been in twice I have spent £800 and I'm still driving a london bus impersonator.

Obviously I'm going to book it back in with Andy at APM but would welcome similiar experiences with brakes and how to cope when these car start to p**s you off!

[shpub]

What pads are you using?

[greenisbest]

They are Ferrodo DS2000/500's

[kojak69]

Put a 45 degree chamfer on the lead edge of the pads. My rear ones were doing the same. Also put a bit of copper slip in the back of the pads as well.

It may stop it. It did mine.

[jet fixer]

I had the same annoying squeel. The pads all had a chamfer on them but there was a lot of play in the caliper (rear brakes only).

I took some of the gap up with some mintex backing material and no more squeel. I also know people to have taken up the play with a small dab of silicone sealeant on the front edge of the pad back plate just to hold it gently in place in the caliper.

Sounds a bit heath robinson but does work and once the wheel is on its never seen.

[SXS]

Oh come on, most the cars hitting their brakes at the GT championships have the same squeeling noise, if not, a lot louder

What you need is a de-cat, so that the squeel is drowned away

The brake squeel, the overrun, the tractor, all adds to the atmosphere in a cerbie

:lol:

But usually the copper stuff works, although vented discs can help too...