It sounds like a double decker bus! Any ideas please?
2007-09-20 05:22:21 · 14 answers · asked by Maxi 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Peugeot
Lubricate the pads with copper grease.
2007-09-20 05:25:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes this is dust and pads still bedding in. Buses have squeaky brakes, and they are safe! It is just a noise of vibration as all the parts are still bedding in and new. I don't buy this cheap pads stuff, pads must conform to standards before being approved for sale.
And thank goodness asbestos pads were outlawed 20 years ago! Or we would all be dead.
Try going somewhere SAFE!! (Like an empty car park) and reversing to 20mph and jabbing the brakes a few times, sometimes this helps shift the pads, to reset the pads into place again, and might help them bed in better, it won't cost anything to try. This is a good way of resetting your rear brake shoes too.
Also might help get rid of dust around the new front pads.
When new pads are first put in, a copper grease should can be put onto the back of the pad, so that they don't vibrate, that's the squeaking you can hear. So taking these new pads off and greasing the backs of them might help, if nothing else does.
BUT...
Give them more time to bed in though before anything else. Do some hard breaking from motorway speeds and give them another 1,000 miles or so to bed in.
2007-09-20 12:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by My name's MUD 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
there are anti-squeal shims which fit behind the pads if the shims are not fitted try putting some copper-slip on the BACK of the pads, however from what you describe with the bus description I would get the rear shoes checked out as well.
2007-09-21 03:18:54 · answer #3 · answered by maclaren 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres nothing wrong with them if they were changed somewhere respectable they would have copper greased them and put the anti squeel bits back in.
My Celica does this too, Toyota examined it and charged me £72 to tell me that there are grooves in the discs where th pads have worn unevenly, they also siad that they r perfectly safe like this.
A freind did this too: he warped his discs due to excessive breaking from high speeds when they were new, i hope you havent been doing this...
2007-09-20 14:37:11 · answer #4 · answered by Ashrightuk 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
could be a few things, are the discs heavily scored,do they have a ridge on the outer edge if so they could be skimmed cos the pads will only press on a small face. Does the caliper have anti chatter shims, were they replaced? copper grease should ONLY be used on the BACK of the pad. are the pads glazed? is everything tightened back up properly?
2007-09-20 12:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by JD 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Problem is when they outlawed asbestos a few years ago...the newer pads sometimes develop a squeak after awhile. You can either rough them up with gritty sandpaper to remove a buildup glaze or replace them again, this time with a premium set which should not squeak or squeal.
2007-09-20 12:29:41 · answer #6 · answered by ~ Floridian`` 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
New brake pads need re adjusting after a couple of weeks.
2007-09-20 12:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Auto part stores sell break pad lubricant that is applied to the metal side of the pads.This may help, if it hasn't already been done.
2007-09-20 12:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by Fred F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get the rotors checked. Cheap pads will squeak also. If your pads are dusty or dirty this will make them noisy too.
2007-09-20 12:26:15 · answer #9 · answered by gtrbj 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it may be the type of material they used to make the pads with ,if they are cheaper pads they will do this,sometimes they will stop on their own ,but most of the time they wont,the only cure i know of is have the rotors turned,and see if that helps,they may not have turned the rotors on it,and this could be making them do that,cheap pads usually is what causes this though,good luck with it.
2007-09-20 12:29:00 · answer #10 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋