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06-29-12, 01:59 PM

dekidex

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brakes driving me mad...

Hey Guys...
My brakes are making this eek eek soud when driving slow.If i touch the brakes or speed up it disapears...
The car is so quiet from the beginning and now when i am about to pull up somewhere everyone knows im coming by this annoying squeek...

The brakes should be pretty new i was told,only a month or so old...

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06-29-12, 03:23 PM

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I just had similar problems recently, it was so efffing annoying. I took my car to Platinum VIP and I remove the wheels and used a can of break cleaner each side. I took off the brake pads and sanded them down and clean the shiet out of them. It's all good now

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06-29-12, 03:31 PM

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Dude this is a well known problem, get a new set of brake shims and replace them. Problem solved!!!!!

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06-29-12, 03:38 PM

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i dont mind squeeky brakes... i mean especially if they are carbon

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06-30-12, 02:14 AM

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thanx guys...
I knew that people had a problem with squeeky brakes,when applying brakes.But this was just a little different.
I feel better now having more food for thought.

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06-30-12, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by vwynn

i dont mind squeeky brakes... i mean especially if they are carbon

Sooo True!!! I had BBK's on my Integra, and yeah..they were EEK!! haha at first it scared me, like WTF! but as i learned carbon brakes do that a lot! and now i know! .

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06-30-12, 04:54 PM

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+1 on the shims and a sanding will fix it

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07-04-12, 04:25 AM

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shims

anyone got a pic of shims??have no clue how they look like ...

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07-04-12, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by dekidex

anyone got a pic of shims??have no clue how they look like ...

You can get the kit from Sewell quite cheap. I replaced mine about 8 months ago and the squeaking has not come back.

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07-04-12, 08:55 AM

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^^ that is not shims, shims are metal plates that go behind a brake pad. The thing u posted is a fit kit, it is made to hold the pad to the caliper.

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07-04-12, 10:11 AM

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^^ that is not shims, shims are metal plates that go behind a brake pad. The thing u posted is a fit kit, it is made to hold the pad to the caliper.

My Bad...this is what should have been posted.

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07-05-12, 01:58 PM

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Did you wash your car recently? I had my brakes squealing too for the longest time. I discovered it wasn't the brakes itself but the product I was using to clean the rims. Once I changed that, the squealing stopped altogether. I felt silly once I found out, I had Lexus change out the brakes twice because of the noise it was making.