Again

I know I've asked before, but Ive been confused by the fella in GSF.

The new pads have double sided tape on the outer pads but the fella said to remove that and apply some grease he gave me. I have a set of extremes which I did this on in an attempt to cure screeching, which did work on the whole but they still make a bit of noise now and then. It makes sense too leave the the tape on as this will stick the pad too the caliper and stop it moving about, I can't really see what greasing it up will achive other than the pad not sticking too the caliper:confused::confused:

Ideally I don't want any noise from the new ones, so what do I do ???

Well in theory both seem a good idea. I would probably go with the grease idea. At leasts its a nice simple job, so you could start with the tape, then if that does not work and they squeel, stick some grease on them

That said, im the last person to offer advice on brakes, lol

Garry

Part of the problem is that there are several difference causes of brake squeal.

Most of them come from the backplate to caliper area, where I can see double-sided tape working, and know that high-temperature brake greases work. That said, some of them are caused by pad hysteresis (only real cure is a different friction compound), square leading edges (bevel off the leading edge of the pad a bit), or grit or surface corrosion (no known cure).

I always assumed it was the lugs that sat on the calipers. But I see I got it wrong again lol. So is there any need too grease the lugs and the bit they slide on (v. technical description lol)

Thet are beveled pads so I guess that rules that one out.

As a side. I recently fitted genuine rear pads and discs and they moo like fook when reversing. Ok going forward though. So guess a lick of grease on the rear face of these could sort that out as they have no double sided tape just the rubber shims

clean everything up the best you can, grease the backs and grease the guides and you shouldn't get any more problems with squeeling brakes unless you're using a mega hard compound of pad?

Just another thought.........If you grease the backs of the pads how does the pad stick to the caliper to draw it away from the disc when you release the pedal ????

Sorry for my retard questions

Which pads did you get? i have never had any problems with brake noise, with either o.e or after market but they say chamfered edge pads do stop squeal.

they will never fully draw away from the disc, they just come back far enough for there to be very little friction between the faces. think about how much you have to push the piston back into the caliper when you change the pads, if that fully retracted into the caliper everytime you let your foot off the pedal you'd have to have about 2ft of pedal travel to get the brakes working without pumping them each time and landing in the back of the car/wall/ditch the you are heading towards

Which pads did you get? i have never had any problems with brake noise, with either o.e or after market but they say chamfered edge pads do stop squeal.

Textar OE jobbies so they should be okay I ain't no hardcore b-road blaster. The mintex extreme lasted a year the OE pads lasted three years so OE will do really. If I'm honest the mintexes wern't a lot better than standard

they will never fully draw away from the disc, they just come back far enough for there to be very little friction between the faces. think about how much you have to push the piston back into the caliper when you change the pads, if that fully retracted into the caliper everytime you let your foot off the pedal you'd have to have about 2ft of pedal travel to get the brakes working without pumping them each time and landing in the back of the car/wall/ditch the you are heading towards

Cheers for that I suppose that makes perfect sense too me :D