Thanks Mark and Daniel - do you need special silicon to do the job (for the heat?). That anti-squeal stuff - how do you get the pads out next time you want to change them??
Sunday, June 23, 2002, 12:50:24 AM, you wrote: DK> I just use a small amount of silicon on the piston face, usually does the DK> trick for keeping the pads off the disk when you don't have your foot on the DK> brake! DK> Daniel Kroehn DK> ----- Original Message ----- DK> From: "mark krawczuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DK> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DK> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 11:05 PM DK> Subject: Re: Brake Squeal >> hi, there is a anti squeal stuff, it is actually a type off glue that you >> put on the back of the pad so that it sticks to the caliper piston. the >> squeal is actually a sorta vibration between the pad and piston. >> try some supaglue or maybe contact type cement. >> i have roughened the pads up and that worked for a while. >> also try putting a few very slight cuts in the pads witha hacksaw. >> >> mark k >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:51 PM >> Subject: Brake Squeal >> >> >> > Hello membersozdat, >> > >> > I just changed the front pads in the 260z, half cause they werent at >> > thier best, half cause they were squealing a bit and I was told that >> > in those brakes they start to squeal when the pads get low. So I >> > replaced them and they were quiet (and better) initially, but now >> > 10km later they are squealing worse than the old ones, what could be >> > causing this? The pads I put in were ferodo excel. Is there meant to >> > be some kind of anti squeal shim in there? My knowledge of >> > caliper/pads etc is pretty poor, so sorry if this is an obvious >> > question. >> > >> > -- >> > Best regards, >> > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> -- Best regards, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
