Endless, Horrible, Squeaking
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Endless, Horrible, Squeaking
Eveyrone in my nieghborhood knows me. two or three guys like my big shiney wilwoods. The rest know my car as the loudest in the nieghborhood when I stop.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I want it to sound like a normal car again.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I want it to sound like a normal car again.
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I have the wilwoods (goodwin BBK) and have had squeakie brakes for ever, regardless of pad or chamfer, slotted/cross drilled or smooth rotors. Y8S also has the same brakes and suggested making .020" aluminum shims in addition to the usual permatex antisqueel glue (which works for a month or two by itself). I have the aluminum ($5 at mcmaster), just have to make the time to drive to my dads to borrow his tin snips.
In the past I've tried the permatex gel and spray, both blue. The gel worked a lot better, probably because you can apply a bunch and as it dries it bolds/glues the pad to the caliper. Removing the pad is more of a PITA though, obviously, even though it says it "eases pad removal". The spray just put a thin coating, which didn't do much.
I also have a tube of CRC antisqueel glue, it's red instead of blue and is thicker. I never tried it though.
In the past I've tried the permatex gel and spray, both blue. The gel worked a lot better, probably because you can apply a bunch and as it dries it bolds/glues the pad to the caliper. Removing the pad is more of a PITA though, obviously, even though it says it "eases pad removal". The spray just put a thin coating, which didn't do much.
I also have a tube of CRC antisqueel glue, it's red instead of blue and is thicker. I never tried it though.
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It's some brutal squeaking. It's not a 'let's you know it's working' squeak, it's a conversation stops, both in the car and all up the street.
I hadn't heard about that. How do you do this? Grinder? pocket knife? throw pies at it?
Interesting. I have some copper of that thickness, it seems even gooier, and transfers heat well. Maybe layering both sides of it with the glue first would help.
I'd sure feel better if I did get a stare from every cop I pull up next to from my terrible insano break noise.
I have the wilwoods (goodwin BBK) and have had squeakie brakes for ever, regardless of pad or chamfer, slotted/cross drilled or smooth rotors. Y8S also has the same brakes and suggested making .020" aluminum shims in addition to the usual permatex antisqueel glue (which works for a month or two by itself). I have the aluminum ($5 at mcmaster), just have to make the time to drive to my dads to borrow his tin snips.
In the past I've tried the permatex gel and spray, both blue. The gel worked a lot better, probably because you can apply a bunch and as it dries it bolds/glues the pad to the caliper. Removing the pad is more of a PITA though, obviously, even though it says it "eases pad removal". The spray just put a thin coating, which didn't do much.
I also have a tube of CRC antisqueel glue, it's red instead of blue and is thicker. I never tried it though.
In the past I've tried the permatex gel and spray, both blue. The gel worked a lot better, probably because you can apply a bunch and as it dries it bolds/glues the pad to the caliper. Removing the pad is more of a PITA though, obviously, even though it says it "eases pad removal". The spray just put a thin coating, which didn't do much.
I also have a tube of CRC antisqueel glue, it's red instead of blue and is thicker. I never tried it though.
I'd sure feel better if I did get a stare from every cop I pull up next to from my terrible insano break noise.
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Yes, I foolishly wasted my money on products like Artic Silver for years when heat syncing my CPU in my computer. Now, armed with the knowledge that there is only a 0.001" gap (a 20th of the gap mentioned in the brakes here), I typically use a paste of flour and crumpled tobacco leaves.