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<E30> Brakes squeak,

Matthew Hocker asks about
>My brakes on my E30 325ic have been squeaking for about six months now, 
>and I decided this weekend to get this weekend to get them fixed. I went 
>to my local garage to see if they could offer some assistance, since I 
>have never worked on brakes before. After taking the rear (squeaking) 
>wheels off, they declared that both the pads and rotors are fine. In my 
>opinion, they're not fine, since the brakes still squeak.

If your car not used very hard ( I wouldn't know about this :)
the pads often get glazed up and rather noisy. One way to get rid of
this is to *use* the brakes.

Go somewhere with no traffic, get up to a brisk speed, and BRAKE like
you mean it. Do it a few times. IE try to threshold brake, try to kick
in the ABS on pavement, *really* use those brakes.

I notice that after a driving school my brakes are as quiet as mice.

There is also some goop that you can buy to put on the back of the
brake pads ( NOT the side that touches the rotors ! ) to damp out any
vibration between the pads and the calipers.

hope this helps

chris pawlowicz
'89 325i