2002 Squeaky brakes

[jyount]

Originally Posted by j cAT

all these issues should be brought to the car dealer...selling a vehicle with defective brakes is illegal...he should be held fully responsible.

If he refuses to correct I would report this business to your state inspection department..

you have the GM defective rear brake design...I've reported this to NHTSA...with the bush administration in power they took no action...much like everything else which is why this country is screwed up..

this country has been on its way down the tube long before he got ahold of it....

[Streetwise]

Originally Posted by j cAT

could be....my 1983 had drum brakes , 17yrs later they always worked..this 2000 failed and continued to fail every 10-20k mi...so thats when I modified this design to work better...

I'm no expert, but in my opinion it's a problem with exposure to the elements. The rear disk work perfect for a while them continue to fail. I found no back plate but a few rusted pieces! I think I'm going to try and make a better back plate and spray everything with high temp paint.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by Streetwise

I'm no expert, but in my opinion it's a problem with exposure to the elements. The rear disk work perfect for a while them continue to fail. I found no back plate but a few rusted pieces! I think I'm going to try and make a better back plate and spray everything with high temp paint.

with the rear caliper sticking on my vehicle ,,it was the oversized dia. of the cal. pins...

I filed these down so that they wobble slightly,,,,then when grease is applied the grease stays there ..this has worked much better...

a forum member followed my suggestion, and his brake problems there stopped...

the backing plate should be coated with rustfree a solvent based brush on undercoating...these backing plates I have cut in half and with out axle removal replaced...this was done several years ago and with this coating still are perfect..