Re: Brake squealing

["David W. Reichel" <reichel2@xxxxxxx>]

David, the pads were broke in easily.  I do drive in traffic but do not ride
the brakes.  I have not heard of the 70-30 stop method as a way to burn off
any glazing, it would seem to do just the opposite.  I don't have any
problem adding some kind of anti squeal but what bothers me is that the
brakes squealed before changing all the parts, and the old pads had anti
squeal devices.  DR

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lefebvre" <drl@domain.elided>
To: "David W. Reichel" <reichel2@domain.elided>
Cc: <bmw@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: Brake squealing


> Do you drive in heavy traffic? German pads are typically harder and I
> suspect yours are glazed. Either because you did not bed them in properly
> or because you have been riding your brake in traffic.
>
> Try several hard braking iterations without traffic around you from 70 to
> 30 mph to burn off the glazing.
>
> You can also try reinstalling the pads with anti-squeal glaze applied on
> the backside.
>
> At 07:58 PM 2/6/03 -0700, you wrote:
> >I just replaced all rotors with new Brembo rotors and replaced all the
pads
> >(threw the boxes away so not sure exactly what they were).  Within 100
miles
> >the fronts started squealing loudly.  I had replaced the brakes because
they
> >were squealing, not because they were worn out.  The old front pads had a
> >separate anti-squeal backing but still squealed.  The new pads did not
come
> >with any backing.  The brakes work great but squeal.  Any suggestions on
how
> >to stop the squeal would be appreciated?
> >
> >David W. Reichel
> >1984 325e
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