what's with all the squealing. is that normal. also rusting has appeared on discs. have done about 500miles since and it's still doing it. copper grease etc was used. its sound like my brakes need changing whereas ive just done them. any ideas.

thanks.

what's with all the squealing. is that normal. also rusting has appeared on discs. have done about 500miles since and it's still doing it. copper grease etc was used. its sound like my brakes need changing whereas ive just done them. any ideas.

thanks.

The squealing is vibration. If you have done them as they should be done they won't squeal! Where is the rusting?

the rusting is visible on the smaller circle of the discs if you know what i mean. basically close to the wheel nuts.

You will get a little rust from the non contact area of the disc, that is normal.

Is it front or rear that is squealing?

What engine have you got?

Mine used to squel so I used silicon grease rather than copper grease when fitting me new pads and discs yesterday. The copper grease gets washed away if you use a pressure hose etc to wash your car. Also by driving through puddles etc. My dad found that out after he had only just fitted rear pads to his car. We greased the pads up really well using copper grease. He had a stone get stuck in his pads at some point and that ripped a large score through the pad itself, rendering it useless. That was only a month after fitting them! We took the rear pads off and found that there was no copper grease left at all. We do not use pressure hoses but had some heavy rain during that month. We mentioned it to our local garage in passing comment and the garage said that they used silicon grease as it doesnt wash away like copper grease does. When the copper grease goes, it can cause the pads the stick on etc. Since we used the silicon grease we have had no trouble at all with the pads squealing or sticking on after being parked a couple of days.

I fitted mintex discs and mintex extreme pads to my car. They are still bedding in at the moment but are much better than the original ones. Though I found the original pads quite good, these are twice as good! They really do stop and you can feel them bite when you apply small pedal pressure. For the money they are really good. They cost me for a full set from Jabba,

Mine used to squel so I used silicon grease rather than copper grease when fitting me new pads and discs yesterday. The copper grease gets washed away if you use a pressure hose etc to wash your car. Also by driving through puddles etc. My dad found that out after he had only just fitted rear pads to his car. We greased the pads up really well using copper grease. He had a stone get stuck in his pads at some point and that ripped a large score through the pad itself, rendering it useless. That was only a month after fitting them! We took the rear pads off and found that there was no copper grease left at all. We do not use pressure hoses but had some heavy rain during that month. We mentioned it to our local garage in passing comment and the garage said that they used silicon grease as it doesnt wash away like copper grease does. When the copper grease goes, it can cause the pads the stick on etc. Since we used the silicon grease we have had no trouble at all with the pads squealing or sticking on after being parked a couple of days.

I fitted mintex discs and mintex extreme pads to my car. They are still bedding in at the moment but are much better than the original ones. Though I found the original pads quite good, these are twice as good! They really do stop and you can feel them bite when you apply small pedal pressure. For the money they are really good. They cost me for a full set from Jabba, £165 plus £12 p+p. Which at that price is a bargain!

If you need new pads and dont want to go the 312mm route. These really are the next best option!!

here here, i had these fitted a few weeks ago at jabba. they are the mutts for the price. no squeals as yet, 400 miles up. My old mintex ones squealed like banshees on me old car for nearly 500 miles

I use the propper 'plastilube' grease from VAG, great stuff.

But you should only use a bit on the contact area of the pad where it touches the carrier. Dont put any on the sticky backing of the pads obviously.

The front pads on the Fabia with the FSIII carriers have an inside and outside pad usually, dont get them mixed up.

:confused: Did you wind the rear calipers back ?

:confused: Did you wind the rear calipers back ?

Yup, if you need to retract the calipers to fit new pads, you need a brake winding tool. Can be found in Halfords for about

Piston Wind Back Tool £10 from GSF, now with Discount to Freedom Members.

Piston Wind Back Tool

Given the pads are shot I much prefer to use a big screwdriver and ease the pistons back into the caliper (while keeping a close eye on the brake fluid reservoir).

Cost nil.

Tough job with a screwdriver:eek:

not really you do need a big screwdriver and simply use it as a lever and as the pads U/S you can damage that as much as you like as it will be in the bin shortly.

I use the proper 'plastilube' grease from VAG, great stuff.

that takes me back a bit Ross , used to use that on the BMWs i serviced , came in the box of service bits with all the filters etc