Brake noise
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Brake noise
Over the past couple of weeks I have been on an adventure with my brakes. It all started with a simple bleeding of the brakes for a track day. While bleeding the brakes we noticed that the rear pads were thin, so I decided to go ahead and replace them.
After a trip to Out Motoring I had a new set of Mintex Redbox pads on the car, mostly. When we got to installing the pads on the right rear, we found the caliper to be seised. So, a call to Classic was in order. After waiting a few more days for the caliper, we installed the caliper and off i went to bed the brakes. Wow, so much less dust than OEM pads! Even less than the Green stuff I had on my last car!
So the noise, when the brakes get cold, there is a high pitched squeal from the rear. If you get on the brakes, the squeal gets louder for a second then goes quite as the brakes get hot. What could cuase this?
The friend who helped me with the brakes thinks that the rotor could have hot spots in it because of the old pads dragging on it. Is there any inexpensive way to fix this? Any other ideas what could be causing the problem? The pads are not dragging now, both rear wheels were cold after running the car hard for a couple hundred miles (got to love back roads).
Thanks!
After a trip to Out Motoring I had a new set of Mintex Redbox pads on the car, mostly. When we got to installing the pads on the right rear, we found the caliper to be seised. So, a call to Classic was in order. After waiting a few more days for the caliper, we installed the caliper and off i went to bed the brakes. Wow, so much less dust than OEM pads! Even less than the Green stuff I had on my last car!
So the noise, when the brakes get cold, there is a high pitched squeal from the rear. If you get on the brakes, the squeal gets louder for a second then goes quite as the brakes get hot. What could cuase this?
The friend who helped me with the brakes thinks that the rotor could have hot spots in it because of the old pads dragging on it. Is there any inexpensive way to fix this? Any other ideas what could be causing the problem? The pads are not dragging now, both rear wheels were cold after running the car hard for a couple hundred miles (got to love back roads).
Thanks!
#2
Turn the radio way up! :-)
Sean, maybe you should put a dial indicator on there & check the runout of the rotors. One or both could have a slight warp to them. The left side had to get hella hot from that stuck calliope. It could even be caused by the pads that you & that old guy put on. Remember, your rear brakes made no noise before you changed them. Hows that for muddying the water? If all else fails turn the radio way up.
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Sean, maybe you should put a dial indicator on there & check the runout of the rotors. One or both could have a slight warp to them. The left side had to get hella hot from that stuck calliope. It could even be caused by the pads that you & that old guy put on. Remember, your rear brakes made no noise before you changed them. Hows that for muddying the water? If all else fails turn the radio way up.
Already used that stuff when installing the pads. The "old guy" that helped me install the pads recommended doing it right from the get go.
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