brake problem
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so my front brakes started squeaking a week ago, I inspected both the front brakes and found that there were little groves on the rotors, especially the right one. My shop teacher recommends to go to a shop and get the rotors machined and install new brake pads because the squeaking is metal on metal.
What do you guys think?
Should I do them myself?
What do you guys think?
Should I do them myself?
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If the pads have worn to the point where there is metal-to-metal contact, then the sound is more likely to be a grinding noise, rather than a squeeking one. If that's happened, the metal of the brake pad backing is grinding into the rotor, making it so rough that resurfacing the rotor is required, or the new pads will wear down to nothing in a few weeks.
Personally, as long as I have not worn them down to the metal backing, I change my pads without resurfacing. Since the rotors are not perfectly flat, it takes longer for the new pads to bed into the grooves of the surface, so I take it easy on the stops for a few weeks.
Personally, as long as I have not worn them down to the metal backing, I change my pads without resurfacing. Since the rotors are not perfectly flat, it takes longer for the new pads to bed into the grooves of the surface, so I take it easy on the stops for a few weeks.
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