Squeling Brakes

[Kennyr32gtst]

hey

just wanting to find out if i am the only one with frodo racing pads that squele when evere i pull up at a set of traffic lights, i have being given a warning from the cops for it so i want to find out what to do to stop it as i dont want a yellow sticker for it. i have just taken the full racing frodo pads off as they were making too much noise, and i spent $130 for a new set of street frodo pads to try and stop it from making the noise again but i think it is worse than what it was before. any help will be cool as the noise is giving me the shits

thanks kenny B)

[scathing]

Are you using DS2500 / DS3000s? They will squeal a lot when they're cold.

The DS2500s are a sprint racing / semis street pad and the DS3000s are more of a longer duration track pad.

You can try pulling them out and using anti-squeal paste. I haven't done it myself, but I've heard it works wonders.

[Baysidebluebnr34]

do you have the shims on the pads?

[Kennyr32gtst]

hey

i have had the ds3000s before and now i have the 2500s in my car. i cant tell the difference as they both squeal like hell. the reason i had the 3000s is that i got them off a track spec wrx for $150 to see if they would help with the braking of my car as the old ones i had were crap.

i do not have the shims in as they just dont fit in with the new pads

thanks kenny B)

[Nathan_G1]

yeh, generally if u have harder compound brakes they tend to squeel until they get a little warm. dont worry about cops

[Primordial]

I put a set of DBA slotted rotors on, and mine squeal like a bat out of hell..

I tried "Disc Brake Quiet" from Repco, and it worked for about 6 weeks, and then it started again. I have shims in there too.. Im not adding more of this paste every 6 weeks, so I'm stuck too

[randominsanity73]

My brakes squeal when i've been driving in too much daily traffic and the pads become glazed (driving too soft). I just give the car a bit of a flogging and make sure to be on and off the brakes as quickly as possible - meaning that you are braking effectively. On reasonably hard then off. Repeat that a few times till you have worked the glaze off with your foot.

If you don't want to do that, then remove the pads and file off the shiny layer. Shiny = glazed. It most likely also has something to do with your pads being 2500's. I just use Ferodo Formula's on my car because at the moment i'm not doing enough motorsport to warrant 2500's.

That cop sounds like he's full of cr@p to me. How can they give you a yellow for squealing brakes? Did you tell him you have performance pads? What a moron....

[Kennyr32gtst]

hey

i do have a set of sloted dba 4000series rotors on it so they might be helping the with the noise i will try to find the shims and see if that helps as the squele is dam loud

thanks kenny B)

[Kennyr32gtst]

hey

this suck i have gone from top of the line pads to middle/high pads to the rock bottom $30 ferodo pads but they have stoped making noise so i dont care

but $310 later and it hurts

thanks kenny B)

[scathing]

DS series pads squeal. Its part and parcel of using a proper (semi) race pad.

Its like complaining about how loud a 3.5" straight-through exhaust is......

[leb]

DS series pads squeal. Its part and parcel of using a proper (semi) race pad.

Its like complaining about how loud a 3.5" straight-through exhaust is......

I just got some Ferodo DS2500's.

They haven't made the squealing sound yet.... shouldn't I be expecting it?

Its almost like I want my brakes to squeal so I know I have ferodo's. :laughing-smiley-014:

I tried to bed them in a bit (doing 60-20 stopped 20 times with med braking). Has this prevented the squealing?

Joel

edit: Pads now squeal.

Edited July 31, 2007 by leb

[onedollarodent]

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