[Shop-talk] Brake squeal

[Bob Spidell]

re: "So the question is, can the brake pads "wear" or "degenerate" without the truck being used?" 


Not likely. My guess is your rotors have rusted and/or you need some anti-squeal shims or paste. 


bs 

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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: eric at megageek.com 
To: shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net 
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 8:12:06 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: [Shop-talk] Brake squeal 

OK, my truck's brakes are squealing like they need to be replaced. So I 
pulled the tires to check them and they are less than 1/4 worn (and nowhere 
near the metal indictor.) 

So I don't know what else to be looking at. Note, this is for a 2001 Ford 
Explorer and this is the truck that sat for a year while I was in Iraq. 

So the question is, can the brake pads "wear" or "degenerate" without the 
truck being used? Should I just replace all the brake pads (even though 
they look basically new.) 

Or is it just that brake pads now start squealing so much earlier because 
people put off maintainance that long? 

Or is there something else I should be looking at? 

Thanks. 



Moose 
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