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96 Mustang brakes

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Granville - 14 May 2005 14:22 GMT
    About a month ago I replaced the front pads on my wife's car.  Now she
is complaining about them squealing.  I bought what I thought was a good
quality pad and used the supplied shim that inserts behind the outside pad.

    How do i quieten her down?
Kruse - 14 May 2005 15:48 GMT
> About a month ago I replaced the front pads on my wife's car.  Now she
> is complaining about them squealing.  I bought what I thought was a good
> quality pad and used the supplied shim that inserts behind the outside pad.
>
>     How do i quieten her down?

With duct tape......

The car might be a little harder to do. You didn't say what brand you
used, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you used a
premium, higher quality pad like Wagner or Raybestos. (The el-cheapo
lifetime-warranty pads from a national chain store are crap) You also
want to make sure that all anti-rattle clips or springs are up to spec
and in place. Your '96 Mustang may not have any of this, but I'm
speaking of all applications in general. If none of this helps, you
will need to have your rotors turned or replaced to get rid of the
squeal. And once again, don't put on cheap Chinese made rotors. They
are crappier than the cheap brake pads.
One last comment. This is not a plug for Ford or Motorcraft brake pads,
but if you have brakes done at a dealership, they will simply put in
new pads without turning the rotors and chances are they will not
squeal. I'm only saying this because there is a difference between
dealership parts and national chain store parts.
My $.02 worth.
whose ya daddy 96@ yahoo.com - 14 May 2005 19:33 GMT
>    About a month ago I replaced the front pads on my wife's car.  Now she
>is complaining about them squealing.  I bought what I thought was a good
>quality pad and used the supplied shim that inserts behind the outside pad.
>
>    How do i quieten her down?

lmfao
they need more braking in
lmfao
a tard does the brakes i feel confident
face it brakes have to  and are more powerful than the engine
look at the energy they have to stop

imo
if you dont understand why they vibrate
DONT WORK ON BRAKES

you foctard

 hurricane    ast
.boB - 15 May 2005 00:25 GMT
>     About a month ago I replaced the front pads on my wife's car.  Now
> she is complaining about them squealing.  I bought what I thought was a
> good quality pad and used the supplied shim that inserts behind the
> outside pad.
>
>     How do i quieten her down?

   Disc brake squeal is caused by the pads vibrating
in the calipers, particularly the outboard pads.
Ceramic brakes squeal, but at a much higher frequency
so we don't hear it.  I wonder of the dog can?
    Anyway, the fix is very simple and cheap.  Go to
the parts store and get a package of Disk Brake Quiet,
by Permatex.  It's like glue for the calipers.
    Take the pads off the calipers, and clean all the
mounting surfaces really well.  Use a wire brush and
some brake parts cleaner.  Spread a little of the blue
gunk on the mounting pads - you don't need much.  Then
assemble, apply the brakes once or twice in the garage
to seat the pads, and let sit overnight.
   Voila!  No more squealing!

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Kruse - 15 May 2005 04:26 GMT
Spread a little of the blue
> gunk on the mounting pads - you don't need much.  Then
> assemble, apply the brakes once or twice in the garage
> to seat the pads, and let sit overnight.
>     Voila!  No more squealing!
> .boB

This stuff usually works. For a week or two. Sometimes it's a permanent
fix.
Quite often it's not.
Years ago when the big switch from asbestos brake material to
non-asbestos brake material was taking place, just about all the brake
manufacturers included a little tube of this with a set of pads. And
the stuff usually worked, at least temporarily. When you buy a set of
brake pads now you don't see it as often. I guess there are reasons,
including lowering their costs to sell brake pads, amoung others.
Richard - 15 May 2005 05:30 GMT
Would also recommend that he use a disc brake caliper lube (synthetic) and
apply caliper lube to pins, slides, bushings, sleeves.

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>  Spread a little of the blue
> > gunk on the mounting pads - you don't need much.  Then
> > assemble, apply the brakes once or twice in the garage
> > to seat the pads, and let sit overnight.
> >     Voila!  No more squealing!
> > .boB
 
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