Squeaking with new brake pads and rotors
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I bought some Rotora rotors and Project Mu B-force brake pads that were replaced about a week ago. Problem is i already have 350 miles on breaking in and my fronts are squeaking
What should i do?
What should i do?
I find bedding them in once in a while helps. Also there is a product in liquid form to stop squeaks at pepboys but I don't know if they are safe on wheels/brakes. Mine didn't start squeaking till about 15000 miles and is very embarassing.
B Force have been known to emit a low pedal effort, low speed squeal on every car I've ever used them on....it's the tradeoff of running a more aggressive pad. You can try to rebed them and use anti squeal- - might help
The process by which you break the pads in - it's like when you introduce 2 people who have never met before.
Find a stretch of highway, do 5-7 stops from around 60 or 70 down to 10, hard on the brakes, but not hard enough to engage the ABS. Do not allow any cooldown between reps. You may find yourself smelling the scent of burnt pad during this - not to worry, it's normal. You may (but probably won't) also find you need a bit more pedal effort on the 6th or 7th stop vs the first - again, not to worry as it's normal. Then let the brakes cool (just drive around for a few minutes and don't use the brakes), and repeat another set of reps. Now you've transferred a good enough amount of your pad to the new rotor, so the two are now "formally introduced to one another"
Find a stretch of highway, do 5-7 stops from around 60 or 70 down to 10, hard on the brakes, but not hard enough to engage the ABS. Do not allow any cooldown between reps. You may find yourself smelling the scent of burnt pad during this - not to worry, it's normal. You may (but probably won't) also find you need a bit more pedal effort on the 6th or 7th stop vs the first - again, not to worry as it's normal. Then let the brakes cool (just drive around for a few minutes and don't use the brakes), and repeat another set of reps. Now you've transferred a good enough amount of your pad to the new rotor, so the two are now "formally introduced to one another"
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