Squeak in rear breaks
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Squeak in rear breaks
Hey guys,
Im looking for some feed back on this and hopefully it will fuel the answer.
Moms car, a 97 Buick Regal, rear breaks squeak, So I took of the wheel to see what I could see,
pads look like they had meat on them,
Rotor had life in it.. no reason for the squeak..
soo took of the caliper, and looked at the pads themselves..
It appears that when the pads make contact with the rotor, about 1cm of the pad is outside the rotor, so the edge of the rotor is digging into the pad, assumably causing the squeak. For months, no sounds, then a month ago is was slowly creeping up, and now, even with the windows up and the radio on, I can hear it...
Why would this be?
Dose that make sense or do I need to explain it some other way?
Found this odd... dont really know much about breaks, but can do the basic change pads and rotor, just dont know how to solve this issue..
Im looking for some feed back on this and hopefully it will fuel the answer.
Moms car, a 97 Buick Regal, rear breaks squeak, So I took of the wheel to see what I could see,
pads look like they had meat on them,
Rotor had life in it.. no reason for the squeak..
soo took of the caliper, and looked at the pads themselves..
It appears that when the pads make contact with the rotor, about 1cm of the pad is outside the rotor, so the edge of the rotor is digging into the pad, assumably causing the squeak. For months, no sounds, then a month ago is was slowly creeping up, and now, even with the windows up and the radio on, I can hear it...
Why would this be?
Dose that make sense or do I need to explain it some other way?
Found this odd... dont really know much about breaks, but can do the basic change pads and rotor, just dont know how to solve this issue..
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From: RI
This won't help you much, but I've never seen pads that extended beyond the surface area of the rotor. They usually come just to the edge and wear down evenly. Have they done any brake work on it recently? Check the other side--presumably no problem there--to check the caliper mounting, rotor size, how the pads look properly installed, etc., compare what you see....I dunno...just throwing out ideas....
Hopefully someone else will help you out more....good luck!
Hopefully someone else will help you out more....good luck!
Cargo Master
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Golden, CO
Take a set of the old pads to the parts store and compare to new. I've never seen pads extend beyond the rotor either.
Most pads (I don't know about newer chebbiethings) have wear indicaters built in. They are thin metal strips that meet the rotor at a 90 degree angle and make a godawful noise. They don't hurt the rotor, but they will get the car to a mechanic before the pads are worn down to steel.
Good luck, Mike
Most pads (I don't know about newer chebbiethings) have wear indicaters built in. They are thin metal strips that meet the rotor at a 90 degree angle and make a godawful noise. They don't hurt the rotor, but they will get the car to a mechanic before the pads are worn down to steel.
Good luck, Mike
