[TR] Embarrassing Brake Squeal

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

In a message dated 7/17/2008 12:37:48 AM Central Daylight Time, 
wquincy at cox.net writes: 
> Ive been experiencing a loud squeal from my front brakes.  I know
> its the front brakes because I can come to a stop using the hand
> brake only, no noise. It takes a while to start maybe 20 minutes in
> stoplight to stoplight traffic, maybe 40 minutes in drives in the
> country. Would this be heat related?  I have a header on this car.
> The brake function seems to be completely unaffected.
> 
Bill, this is not uncommon.  In fact, most domestic cars have anti-squeel 
shims to prevent this.  You can get shims for your car from Victoria-British and 
install them and they may fix your problem.  

Also, you can buy an ointment to address this problem.  (Sounds like snake 
oil, doesn't it?)  I think it works by dampening out the vibration.  You apply 
it to the back side of the pad where it contacts the piston.

I recommend a combination of these two.


Dave Massey
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