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Matt Richards (Mateu)
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 10:52 am: | 
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My 96 just started giving me wild squeaky front brakes/wheels when I'm coasting under 30mph with no brakes on. When I put on the brakes, the squealing stops. It sounds like an old, rusty Radio-Flyer wagon whistling and squealing. Driving me nuts. I know that the pads are fine from a fairly recent check. What should I look for when I check this out? Fluid, pressure, what? |
PerroneFord
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 11:06 am: |
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How about looking for glazing because that is almost certainly what it causing the problem.
-P |
mateu
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 11:14 am: |
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P,
Could you elaborate?
Thanks
M |
PerroneFord
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 12:07 pm: |
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FIrst step with new pads is bedding them in:
http://www.wilwood.com/products/brake_pads/techtip.asp
When you run solid rotors and tend to brake softly in your driving, you don't bring the pads up to temperature and they tend to get hard on the surface. This is one reason why racing cars have slots or holes in the rotors to cut the glaze off the pad regularly.
Read this:
http://www.kitcarbooks.com/brakepads.html
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/at_000829.htm
Hopefully that helps.
-P |
Matt Richards (Mateu)
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 01:02 pm: |
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The canadian driver article has some good advice. I've gone five thousand miles without so much as a squeak, so this has been a little alarming for the past couple days.
Thanks. |
pk
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 01:18 pm: |
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Sounds like the wear sensors to me. Its time to replace the pads man. It is a ten minute job and the pads are pretty cheap so just do it.
pk |
PerroneFord
| | Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 01:32 pm: |
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Aren't the wear sensors plastic? Do you think they would squeal that loudly against a metal rotor? I've never seen the sensor on the Rover so I'm asking. The one on my BMW is a plastic insert with a little wire embedded. Doesn't make any noise on the rotor, just lights up on the dash.
-P |
Greg
| | Posted on Monday, May 20, 2002 - 02:33 pm: |
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Could someone direct me to where I can fine instructions on changing the brake pads. I would like to do it myself, but don't know where to start. Thanks. |
Dee
| | Posted on Monday, May 20, 2002 - 02:38 pm: |
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Greg, I can send you the
procedure from the tech manual tonight.
send me a eamil if you still need help
[email protected]
Dee |
PerroneFord
| | Posted on Monday, May 20, 2002 - 03:31 pm: |
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Greg, when you take a close look at the calipers, you're going to be embarrased you asked for instructions. Changing the pads in these things is so easy I even did it without instructions! That means any 10 year old could do it blindfolded. The rotor is a little more involved however... 
-P |
Greg
| | Posted on Monday, May 20, 2002 - 04:43 pm: |
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From the way it sounds, I think both pads and rotors are going to need replacing.
I appreciate the help Dee.
I'm new to this so I don't feel so bad to ask for help. I'd rather ask for help before I do something stupid and f*** it up. |
PerroneFord
| | Posted on Monday, May 20, 2002 - 04:53 pm: |
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Oh yea, ask for help. The guys here are pretty friendly once they finish ragging on you!
You'll need a couple of tools got replace the rotors and if you're not to handy with a wrench yet, you might want to do it with someone who is. Is there a LR club in your area? That's usually a good source of hands on help. It's not that difficult, but can be daulting the first time you open the hub.
Might also be time for you to make friends with our good friends Hylomar, RTV and Loctite. Some anti-seize would also be good to have on hand to coat the wheel bolts when you get ready to bolt everthing back up.
-P |
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