brakes

[Gary300]

I never had any problems with the brakes on my 99 until now. He greased the pins in the calipers, but it's still making the noticable creeking... it's so loud that people on the side walk are looking at my front tires. He told me to give it a couple of days...I don't buy it. I think something is wrong.

I'm not losing any brake fluid, this is making me wonder if my brake lines need bled? I've been checking my fluid level to make sure I don't have a leak, but it's been full to the top.

I think the only thing left is to bleed the lines and like skibum said... have the mounting pins in the calipers checked.

I mean what in the heck else could it be???

creeking on the front - mounting pins in the calipers...
loss of pedal, mushy, soft pedal - bleed the lines

Originally Posted by skibum1111

I do remember something about a recall a couple of years ago concerning the 99 and 00 gt's front brakes, specifically warped rotors from the lug nuts being put on too tight, and i know they had a bad batch of rotors come out of the factory, got a pair of them when helping a friend with his 99. the rotors on my 95 got messed up the same way too. as for the mushy pedal, it might be a bad seal in the caliper. are you loosing any brake fluid?

[shyguy5885]

I think i know what you mean about the creaking noise, and it IS embarassing as hell, lol. I changed my front pads myself awhile back.......twice.....and then I just took it to the dealer for the next time since I had issues with my blower motor(resistor) and hazard/turn flasher unit. when i got my car back from the dealer, i noticed that loud sound when pressing on the brakes. I could be standing still, and press up and down on the brake pedal....and it would still make that sound. I figured that maybe there wasn't enough squeal glue on the pad's backing plates, or maybe the anti-squeal shims, or anti-rattle springs were defective. It was summertime when this first occurred and lasted til about fall. All of a sudden, my brakes didn't make the noise anymore when the temps dropped. I have yet to hear mine "cry" again this year.....by the way, I have a 2000 GA Gt with 59,000 miles. you're not the only one man.... And about the pulsating....I bought my car used with only 16,000 miles on it(2 years old). After driving on the highway a few times, I noticed the pulsating at high speeds....especially through the pedal and it was pretty scary. i had to pump my brakes at times cuz if i left my foot down for a constant slow, my pads would heat up and didn't provide the proper stopping power.....once again, scary on the highway. the first time I changed my pads, myself, I pulled of the old front rotors and put brand new ones on. I havn't had a problem since then really. also, if your brakes are creaking when your moving and have the brakes applied, is it possible that the shop just machined your old rotors.....and didn't clean off the metal filings/dust properly and these are now stuck in the pads and creating the squeal? just a thought. hope this helps.

[Gary300]

PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. MY FRIEND TOOK APART OF CALIPERS AND NOTICED THE BRAKE PADS WERE ON BACKWARDS. THE INNERBOARD PADS WERE ON THE OUTSIDE AND VISE VERSA.

THAT TOOK AWAY MY SOFT PEDAL AND THE CLICKING NOISE.
THANK GOD!






OTE=shyguy5885]I think i know what you mean about the creaking noise, and it IS embarassing as hell, lol. I changed my front pads myself awhile back.......twice.....and then I just took it to the dealer for the next time since I had issues with my blower motor(resistor) and hazard/turn flasher unit. when i got my car back from the dealer, i noticed that loud sound when pressing on the brakes. I could be standing still, and press up and down on the brake pedal....and it would still make that sound. I figured that maybe there wasn't enough squeal glue on the pad's backing plates, or maybe the anti-squeal shims, or anti-rattle springs were defective. It was summertime when this first occurred and lasted til about fall. All of a sudden, my brakes didn't make the noise anymore when the temps dropped. I have yet to hear mine "cry" again this year.....by the way, I have a 2000 GA Gt with 59,000 miles. you're not the only one man.... And about the pulsating....I bought my car used with only 16,000 miles on it(2 years old). After driving on the highway a few times, I noticed the pulsating at high speeds....especially through the pedal and it was pretty scary. i had to pump my brakes at times cuz if i left my foot down for a constant slow, my pads would heat up and didn't provide the proper stopping power.....once again, scary on the highway. the first time I changed my pads, myself, I pulled of the old front rotors and put brand new ones on. I havn't had a problem since then really. also, if your brakes are creaking when your moving and have the brakes applied, is it possible that the shop just machined your old rotors.....and didn't clean off the metal filings/dust properly and these are now stuck in the pads and creating the squeal? just a thought. hope this helps.[/quote]