[DML] Re: Brakes Squeaking deuce

["Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxxxxx>]

What you describe is usually caused by a stuck caliper piston - can 
be really LOUD, right? If you really get on the brakes it will pull 
to the side that is NOT stuck. Be careful, the amount of pull might 
be surprising.

Harold McElraft - 3354


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, BondAtomic@xxxx wrote:
> Well, I thought it would be advantageous if I explained more of 
the squeaking 
> from hell-
> 
> There won't be much for squeaking for a little while, and then the 
squeaking 
> starts. This, I can assume, is caused by the rotors heating up. 
> 
> The squeaking isn't a solid squeak, it is more like a squeak that 
sounds 
> intermittently, constantly. I guess it would be a certain part of 
the disc. I 
> believe this is only happening on the front brakes, but I can't 
really tell if it 
> isn't a rear or two.
> 
> With this, I was just wondering if it would be fixed by buying the 
pads and 
> anti-squeak shims, or if I would have to buy new rotors, also. 
>From reading 
> previous posts, could the handbrake cables play a part in this 
also?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> John
> 4275
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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