hey all,

a few months back i replaced my rear pads because i was getting some squeaking noises, didnt fix my problem, last week i did my fronts and machined my rotors. didnt fix it, so now on top of the aqueaking that turns into kinda like a sand paper noise when even th smallest amount of break is applied im getting an aweful grinding noise thats more noticeable right befor i come to a stop. it seemed to start a week after doing the fronts so im pretty sure its coming from the fronts.. any ideas?

 

are the pads ceramic or organic?

 

there mid priced raybestos so im assuming organic but not too sure.

 

your splash shield may be a little bent and rubbing on the front rotors. It happened to me. The way to tell is to jack the car up and remove one front wheel at a time, look at the back of the rotor from the bottom of the wheel you removed and you will see a solid round mark on the rotor or rotors. Check both of the front wheels.

 

dust shield isnt rubbing, brakes are seated properly.. i do notice that my rotors are kinda black, ive done lots of suspention swaps and brake jobs and never noticed brake rotors to be so black, i disnt cheap out on brakes but i also didnt get the best... i am now wondering if this noise im hearing is material transfer (brake material transferring to the rotors) would that cause the noise im exeriencing?

 

I am experiencing the same thing and I read somewhere that the OEM rotors are the source of it. I am planning on replacing them with the 125 centric rotors. Hopefully that will solve the problem..

 

well i guess ill throw some new rotors on her in a bit. 30 bucks a pop, i guess its worth it. i didnt pay to have my front rotors to be machined either so there is no real loss. its wierd how the grinding only started once they were machined though.

i did my rear pads that had 20% because of a squeal that was there and left the rotors, i did my front pads at 30% mind you the pads were litterally falling apart, and machined my rotors because they were a bit warped. i thought that had something to do with the squeal after doing the backs, but no luck still there. i guess new rotors all around and my pads should be ok still, correct? they are still in the 90% range or should i just throw on new pads and rotors?

 

Sounds like the calipers are hanging on the pins pull them out and sand them a little then antisieze

 

i will give this a try! thank you.

 

I took the pads back and upgraded to the next best, anti seized the backings on the pads and the clips, so far problem solved, thanks for all the input guys!