brake squeeling

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lasthope1967
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brake squeeling

Post by lasthope1967 »

hi having some brake squeeling from my citroen xsara Picasso desire 2.0 hdi 03 only had the car 2 weeks,,done a little job on the brakes mid week took pads out cleaned them down sanded the paint from the back of them cleaned pins out the 2 sliders,,,and copper sliped them up,,job was ok no more squeeling,,until now its back again but not as bad,,any ideas why this is squeeling again :


p.s it had new disks and pads on a few month back,,
xsara Picasso hdi 2.0-------- 2003
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Re: brake squeeling

Post by Peter.N. »

It will still be due to the pads vibrating, try some thicker grease.

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Re: brake squeeling

Post by taffy »

yeah i used copper slip and its squeeling again...what grease would you use peter?
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Re: brake squeeling

Post by citronut »

if theres a lip on the disc's this can cause squeeling,

if/when i fit new pads were the disc's have a slight lip but not worn to thin,
i chamfer/bevel the edge's of the pads off,
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