Yes I will have a look but again if you had a bent ****eld wouldn't it
make a squeal when you are driving as well and not just braking?
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:26:45 -0400, Bill Putney <bptn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
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>nick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> I don't know if that could be the issue...
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>Well - you have to *LOOK*.
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>> ...I think it could be the rotor
>> with the materials of the brake pads, since this started after we
>> changed the rotors from stock to aftermarket ones.
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>The problem usually occurs after work of that type is done - the person
>doing the work inadvertently bends the ****eld - that's when the noise
>starts.
>
>> ...may try putting
>> back his old rotors and seeing if the squeak goes away. I know that
>> you should put new pads in when swapping rotors but this is a trial
>> for now.
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>Well - it would certainly be worth *LOOKING* at the rotor ****eld as a
>preliminary to doing your experiment. If it is bent and rubbing the
>rotor, you could stop then rather than continuing with a possibly
>unnecessary experiment. If your engine doesn't start and you discover
>you're out of gas, do you pop the hood and start troubleshooting the
>ignition?
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>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:51:16 -0400, Bill Putney <bptn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>>> Ron Seiden wrote:
>>>> <Nick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:vt8504hp9mp14q6s73hobm5mnhe57gl3sv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> My friend has a 2006 300 with 26k miles. He has developed a
>>>>> squeaking noise when the front brakes are applied. I was going to
>>>>> apply some brake quiet to the back of the ****ms but found out that
>>>>> they are riveted to the pads.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think from what I remember the noise began when we had to replace
>>>>> the front rotors as they were warped. Could it be the brake material
>>>>> is reacting with the rotors causing this issue? He does a lot of
heavy
>>>>> braking so if he needs to get higher quality rotors, what should he
>>>>> get?
>>>>>
>>>> In the old days (when you found disc brakes almost only on foreign
s****ts
>>>> cars) there was a lot more brake squeal. (We never did cure it on my
>>>> friend's Fiat 124.) The back yard fix was to lightly sand the surface
of the
>>>> pads, just enough to remove any glazing they might have acquired.
Then the
>>>> leading edge of each pad was sanded to slightly bevel it, just enough
to
>>>> remove the sharp corner. It usually worked, at least for a while, and
the
>>>> best part was that the fix was free.
>>> I know the pads for the LH cars have the trailing and leading edges
>>> totally chamfered (perhaps a lot of other cars too) - something on the
>>> order of, oh, 25 or 30° from parallel to the friction surface - maybe
>>> for that reason? Perhaps it helps shed water? Coincidentally that
also
>>> has the effect of increasing friction surface area as the pad wears -
>>> maybe by 30% or more at end of life.
>>>
>>> Bill Putney
>>> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
>>> address with the letter 'x')
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