ok, everytime i come a complete stop i have really really bad squeaking. I just replaced the pads so im thinking rotors? any ideas?

Did you have the rotors turned before the new pads were put on? If not that could be why. Remember squeeling, or high frequncy brake noice isn't typically indicative of lack of stopping power or anything. I've been looking hard for the mimum rotor thickness. You know, befoe you have to buy new ones and use the old ones as clay pigeons on a skeet shooting range. If you can't grind the old ones cause of lack of proper tools or you think they might be a little thin or warped, I'd just get new rotors myself. HTH

My brakes squeak a little too, usually when I first apply them, and or use them gently in traffic. It's quite annoying.

Have you cleaned them? I often find that once I cleaned off the brake dust, the squealing disappeared for a while.

Take a flash light and look at your brake pads to make sure you still have some surface left.

If your pads are still good they make a greese you apply on the back side of the pads that reduces brake squealing.

thanks jestnomen, yeah i just put new ones one

If you replaced your brakes yourself then this should be cake. Also, did you bed your brake pads in correctly?

http://www.formatc.org/freelander/brakes/brakes82.jpg

Your calipers are misaligned. its a very common problem that is easily fixible with a 13mm box wrench

I'm with Jestnomen on this. If the pads weren't bedded properly, then you'll most likely have squealing at low speed braking.

What does "bedding" brake pads mean?

Mine do the same thing, I went up to Murray's and bought a can of "brake squeak" remover. You take your pads off, and coat them with this spray a few times and the squeak disappears completely. The spray was about 5 bucks, give that a try.

sounds simple enough, thanks. When you say coat them a few times, do you mean spray them, drive it, take them back off and spray again? Or just spray them, let it dry, then spray them again?

If u are having squeaking like when u hear a bus apply its brakes then its ur rotors i have the same problem. It was annoying and embarrising anyone have it shaved down or changed . i had to take mine to dealer 2 times to get them shaved the third time they replaced it for me

I have a relatively newA4(2007 model, 10K miles), still have the same problem
when braking to a stand still. Pretty annoying at times. But it dosn't happen
when braking just to slow down. Think I should have this fixedduring the next
scheduled service(15K miles).

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If u are having squeaking like when u hear a bus apply its brakes then its ur rotors i have the same problem. It was annoying and embarrising anyone have it shaved down or changed . i had to take mine to dealer 2 times to get them shaved the third time they replaced it for me



I got this problem right now too. Doesn't bother me at the moment cause its winter and I cant hear it with the windows up. Come spring time I'm just going to replace the rotors. Local mechanic told me its because of rust on the edge of the rotor that catches on the pads to make the squeaking noise.