Brakes

[Baden87]

took my motorhome in for brake squeal (2019 4800 miles fiat )
2 days later it has returned ( they
what else could be causing this problem
stripped down front and rear cleaned and greased up )

 

[deleted79651]

Bought Brunhilde 17 weeks ago and she squeals a little under more than moderate braking. I keep cleaning the brake dust at each wash with a wheel cleaning brush to keep the noise manageable. There's no disc judder and Brunhilde came with a new MOT from an Independent Garage, so they should have listed an advisory if there was evidence of a problem in the offing.

I try to brake early and gently for mpg, relaxed driving and 'squeal management' and hope to be able to live with the noise until the service when I expect to have the pads and/or discs replaced. Brunhilde is 5 years old but had covered only 8767miles when we bought her.We've added some 2300 miles since purchase, so it's probably going to be a 'not much mileage but age related' need for replacement' exercise.

Steve

 

[Landy Andy]

I’ve never had luck loosing brake squeal unless rebuild with new pads.

 

[Baden87]

its going back in today for mechanic to take a look

 

[Lucky]

The widely practiced cure for squeaking brakes is to apply copper grease sparingly to the rear of the pads. Takes a few minutes for a half competent mechanic. Absolute no need to replace discs or pads.

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[Bessy765]

The squeak is often cause by the vibration from the pads as the brakes are applied as stated copper slip sparingly on the back of the pads/shims can help. Might be an idea to check the wheel balance as well,

 

[chatteris]

I would try a few hard applications, light braking might be glazing the pads

 

[Silver-Fox]

The widely practiced cure for squeaking brakes is to apply copper grease sparingly to the rear of the pads. Takes a few minutes for a half competent mechanic. Absolute no need to replace discs or pads.

Copper grease is frowned upon these days due to it can cause issues with abs.

You can buy a special high temp grease that does the same job.

I never fit pads dry.

 

[Manic]

I fitted Mintex discs and pad to mine and they squealed like mad. I contacted Mintex and they sent out some anti-squeal stick-on sims free, they did the trick. Don’t know why they didn’t supply straight away.