Squealing Brakes

gwoolie · Unread post by **gwoolie** » 06 May 2004, 14:01

I re-newed the front discs and pads on my Xantia a few weeks ago.
All working fine and bedded in??
But now they have started to squeal.
The shims and everything went in correctly.
Any ideas??

uhn113x · Unread post by **uhn113x** » 06 May 2004, 18:36

Did you smear some HMP grease on the backs of the pads?

ZXturbo_Aura · Unread post by **ZXturbo_Aura** » 06 May 2004, 19:03

try smearing the back of the brake pads with copperslip/coppergrease, should do the trick. the squeeling normally is the calliper vibrating slightly on the back of the pads, the coppergrease cures it
Dan

monkeyman · Unread post by **monkeyman** » 07 May 2004, 02:14

Are you sure its the front brakes that are noisy? The back brakes are quite common for being noisy too.There is a certain method for dealing with that.

davey · Unread post by **davey** » 07 May 2004, 02:31

before fitting the disks did u thoroughly remove all traces of rust etc from the wheel hub?
if any was left behind the disks will not lie perfectly flat and will behave like they are warped .... and squeal.