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Tried this in the General Tech area and it got closed for some reason. Ah well, I'll try it here. Have a problem, my brakes are squeakin. I replaced the pads and rotors about 1500 miles ago. It is just recently that it has started. It only squeaks when u apply normal pressure to the brakes. Not when ur hard on them or when your soft. Also, the sound seems to subside after they are warmed up. I have run the car backwards and braked a couple times to make sure there wasnt a stone caught in there. Whats up?! I havent glazed them have i?
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What kind of pads did you buy. If they are a lifetime warranty pad they probably have too much metallic material and that is what causes squeaking. Other than that there has to be a pad that is wearing oddly. I highly recommend the NAPA Ceramix brake pad. These have very little metallic and very scarcely do I find brake dust.1995 Pontiac Firebird 3.4L <br />TA front bumper, TA rear bumper, 98-02 Honeycomb tailights, GM Ram Air hood, 2k C5 18X9.5 Corvette rims all the way around, custom autoloc shaved handles, camaro two tone interior, silver badging, clear front marker lenses, RK sport headers, gutted cat, dynomax dual exhaust, Rear disc rearend, Richmond 3.73 gears, Zexel torsen LSD, Cross drilled front rotors, 2 12\" MTX thunder 8000s, Clarion 400W amp, MTX 5 1/4 <br />Components, thunder 4262 amp, pioneer head unit, Hypertech power programmer (Yes it does exist) -
It's most likely the pad material. Try different type of pads, ones known for being quiet. Then break them in correctly.Comment
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I hate squeaks, so hard to diagnose. It could be the pads, but there a quick and cheap thing that may fix the pads that you already have. Permatx makes something called Disc Brake Quiet. It comes in either an arosol can, or a small packet. You pull off the pads, spray (or squeeze) a little on the back of the pad, and put it back together.
It creates a thin plastic barrier between the back of the pad and the caliper so that they don't rub against each other and squeak. I would give this a shot before buying new pads. But if ya got the money, might as well. Either way you would have to take the brakes apart again.<a href=\"http://www.fatninjas.com/camaro\" target=\"_blank\">\'96 Camaro Convertible</a>Comment
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They are Raybestus (sp?) Semi-metalic pads. I srayed brake cleaner on the rotors the other day and that seemed to make it better, but not gone. I may try the anti-squeel stuff before i go throwing away another 70 bucks. For the record, i did break them in correctly. They didnt start squeaking til about 2 weeks ago. And they have been on the car for about 3 months. But ill try the anti-squeel stuff, thanx guysConfucious say \"Keep it on track, keep it in pants, you live long time.\"<br />\'93 Bird, few mods here and thereComment
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Haven’t done anything on the Camaro, but put LEDs on my truck headlights . And my oil pressure sensor went out on the truck so going to fix that this...5 days ago -
Haven’t done anything on the Camaro, but put LEDs on my truck headlights . And my oil pressure sensor went out on the truck so going to fix that this...5 days ago
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