97 Explorer Rear Disc Brake Squealing
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97 Explorer Rear Disc Brake Squealing
Had the rear pads and rotors and parking brake shoes on my 97 Eddie Bauer v8 replaced in the Spring at Speedie Muffler. Right after the brakes squealed like a herd of pigs. They tried every trick in the book over 4 visits except changing the pads for a softer pad compound. They gave me a full refund on the installation and pads. I got fed up with the noise of free pads and purchased some pads at Ford which I installed in about 30 minutes. The squealing went completly away until last week. Now after 4 months and about 8k miles the noise has returned. Any advice? What next? Can a rotor cause squealing?
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97 Explorer Rear Disc Brake Squealing
I am not familiar with the slide pins, but the stainless caliper slide rails are free and clear. The squeal occurs only under the initial, very light application of the brakes, it goes away as further pressure is applied. None the less it is very annoying. I will probably apply some more slide lubricant to the rails and note the effect. Any notion of the frequency that this may occur? Is there a longer lasting lubricant to use.
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97 Explorer Rear Disc Brake Squealing
Ford recommends you use the Dielectric grease to lube the slide pins now , not a conventional type grease , In fact they even renamed it Dielectric Grease / Disc Brake lubricant . I thought maybe your Explorer used the caliper bolts instead of the pins . It does make a much better lubricant , I recently used it & found it much easier to use on the slide pins Vs grease .
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Did the lube stuff and the blue goo stuffand the squeal is still present. I am told that my only hope is for the use of brake pad shims, apparently they change the frequency of the pad vibration to an inaudible level.
What are they and how are they installed. As you recall the rear inboard pads stick into the caliper cylinder and the outers clip on to the caliper outer clips/finhgers. Any comments?
What are they and how are they installed. As you recall the rear inboard pads stick into the caliper cylinder and the outers clip on to the caliper outer clips/finhgers. Any comments?
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