New Brakes squeaking

I replaced my front brake pads almost two months ago, and they are still squeling. I am pretty easy on my brakes, infact the ones I pulled out had been on the car for at least six years. Only one of the four pads was warn down to the metal. Is it possible that wearing down to the metal damaged the drum? I changed them within 50 km of hearing the noise.

Jai

is it the same drum?

im assuming you mean the shoes.
you shold have checked when it was off to see if the surface of the drum was smooth,

i personally have thrown new shoes on ruined drums and not had a problem other than they wear out quicker

also since you replaced it i assum you back up brake bake up to adjust the rear brakes.

also do some hard braking and see if it wears off a part thats dragging.


if it is in the front its possibly a rusty rotor and you can try hard braking to wear the uneven part off.

When you install new disc brake pads there is a special grease that is designed to go on the backside of the pad where it contacts the caliper to stop the squeak. Did you use any?

Not sure if your discussing front pads or rear shoes.

If its front pads your taking about - how does your rotors look? If you just replaced your brakes and did nothing with the rotors then I would have to guess that it may be your rotors causing the problem. I would take a piece of rough sand paper and scuff up the rotors and pads bit and see if that corrects the problem.

Or better yet - rotors are rather cheap. If you haven't replaced them perhaps now would be a good time.

Yes, every time you change pads, you should have the rotors resurfaced. Geos also have a tendancy to sieze the caliper pins. Check them and see if they still move freely. If they don't, you're gonna go through pads on one side like nothing else, and the other will never work. I personally replace my rotors on my cars when I do brakes. It's barely any more than the cost of getting them machined usually. :smokin:

Very important to use the glue-type material on back of your pads. Sometimes the squeak isn't caused by the little wear-indicator...its actually the vibration of the rotor against the pad being converted to sound and then the metal back of the pad essentially becomes a speaker. Spraying the back of the pad with disc-brake quiet layers it with a soft material that absorbs a lot of this vibration.
Gonna agree with Geosuzuki dude, it only costs a little more and is much less hassle to just toss out the old rotors and buy new ones. And even if the rotor feels smooth, it may have developed "hot spots" or a slight warpage that can cause your brakes to vibrate when applied.
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Bam