Ok first of brake noise is caused by the vibrating brake pad.


Ive got a mechanic trick for you.

Go to a shop and ask him to turn your rotor in one spot making a groove all the way around your disc, this will cause the pad to wear everywhere but the groove and this groove will keep that brake pad in one place and keep it from vibrating.


sorry *edit* so in otherwords your gonna have to wait on this one for it to wear into the groove first.

 

Thayt's a neat trick, but I don't think iit would work with my drilled/slotted rotors...

 

Why not?

 

Chamfered edges.

Conceptually, I agree.

It'll keep teh pads located, and therefore less prone to wiggle (vibe). The cutting edge for rotor grinders is basically a sharp, hardened hunkka steel scrapped across a rotor face to even teh surface, troo? Dragging that into, and out of, my nice, chamfered holes and grooves CAN'T be a good thing.

'Sides, I only r - a - r - e - l - y get any sort of squeal, even with ceramic pads all the way around. I mean, it happened, but, if I let go and re-brake it generally goes away.

 

what a horrible idea.for either type rotor

 

Mechanics "tricks" are NEVER for teh faint of heart[8D]

 

I would also like to know the answer to this problem. I have a 2001 audi s4 with squealy breaks. I was wond ering if ceramic brakes would help?

 

Not necessairly. I've got ceramics and mine occassionally squeal.

 

ski2morrow, I am having very similar issues with the brakes on my 2006 A4. How did you eventually resolve your problems?