When braking my brakes are making a squeeling noise. The car stops fine and Im 90% sure that they are just dirty. Thou Im a paranoid person, anyone know if this could possibly be serious problem that might cost some cash? (Im a cheap bastard)

 

First of all, you have to pull the wheels to inspect if there is any damage. Usually squeaking for the most part is either excessive dust (if you drive frequently on dirt roads)). Poor quality
of pads, and or rotors, damaged retaining clips. You can take the pads off, take 600 grit sandpaper, or 3mmm rolac wheels on a drill on rough them up. Clean all the brake dust off with brake clean. They also make a squeak relief that is a spray one directly to the rotors.
Also remove the pads and install new shims and disc brake quiet to the back of pads. It's
ok to be cheap, just not with brakes, no stop no live!!!!!!!!!!! rx7doctor

 

Yeah... the one thing that I spent lots of time and money on for my car was brakes. You don't **** with the things that will save your life when you drive. Thankfully, they're pretty easy to work on, just take your time and do it right... AND DON'T CUT CORNERS! Spend the extra $25 on higher quality pads, it's worth it.

Jon

 

uhm, mine no longer has the anti-rattle clips.....is that bad? Oh yea, mine squeeeeel all the time, i think that would be the problem. Anyone got an extra set of them bent up coat hangers (anti-rattle clip)?

 

Are you suggesting to scuff the rotors or the pads rx7doctor?

I had a set of brakes that squeeled terribly. I replaced the pads with good ones, re-installed the pads twice (thought I had brake quiet wrong), verified the clips. Nothing seemed to work.

Finally I broke down and had a shop look at it. He said that my rotors were glazed and needed turning. They weren't warped at all - I didn't realize they coud glaze without warping. In the end turning the rotors worked and they've been quiet since.

 

Inspect the pads. Spray Brake-Cleen to get rid of brake dust. Try a bit of hard high speed braking (with plenty of room) and if they work, they work. Brakes will squeak by nature.

HTH