Anyone with squeaky brakes should read this

[AZStang]

My cars brakes started squealing around 25,000 miles. Had dealership inspect, and they confirmed nothing actually wrong with my brakes but refused to do anything about it except a whole new brake job at my expense.

Called long time family mechanic back in CA, and he told me to flip my current pads up front from side to side, and use CRC disk brake quiet.

It fixed the issue 100 percent, and I did this in my garage. Anyone else try this method?

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[Scurd Racing]

flip? meaning the left pads to the right, and the right pads to the left?

 

[mikes2017gt]

If the rotors have the slightest bit of grooving on them, changing pads, or even swapping L/R without cutting the rotors could severely affect the life of the pads and negatively impact braking performance until the pads bed-in to the rotor.

As pads and rotors wear they develop complimentary grooves or high/low ridges. One fits into the other. Installing new pads without cutting the rotors shortens the life of the pad. Swapping left for right could have a similar affect.

 

[AZStang]

flip? meaning the left pads to the right, and the right pads to the left?

Correct

 

[AZStang]

If the rotors have the slightest bit of grooving on them, changing pads, or even swapping L/R without cutting the rotors could severely affect the life of the pads and negatively impact braking performance until the pads bed-in to the rotor.

As pads and rotors wear they develop complimentary grooves or high/low ridges. One fits into the other. Installing new pads without cutting the rotors shortens the life of the pad. Swapping left for right could have a similar affect.

I'll be keeping a close eye on the rotors, but I trust this mechanic who's been wrenching on my family's cars for 25 years and he's never steered us wrong yet.

 

[Norm Peterson]

My cars brakes started squealing around 25,000 miles.

First thing I'd have tried would be to re-bed the brakes and just generally start using them a little harder when possible. That's been enough to keep my car's track pads quiet for the most part even in street driving, and those things aren't even expected to be quiet for that.

Might cost 15 minutes and a couple ten-thousandths of an inch of pad material to find out if that will fix it.


Norm

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