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The Broderik Brake Squeal Fix

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Here is the brake squeal post that I have posted before, but not all 
of you have seen it in its intirety.  If you have, sorry for the 
repeat.

Carl
 
> >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.
> 
> And Carl Buckland added....
> 
>   The "goop" is called CRC Disk Brake Quiet. 
> >Bob Tunnell advised me recently  (when I was complaining that my
> >Hawk Y-5 pads were not only screeching-worse than squealing--but
> >were also rattling, due to their lack of centering clips):


>.  Before leaving I applied a thick coat (maybe 1/8") of
> CRC Disk Brake Quiet to the back of each pad and let it dry for
> about 36 hours.  The CRC stuff is bright orange, thick, and never
> really sets up completely hard.  It sort of firms up like a heavy
> putty.  I installed the pads again when I got to Michigan and ran
> them at the Pro Solo there.  No rattles and very little screaching!
> The car has since been driven to Atlanta, ran the Pro there, and
> back to Denver without any of the rattling or horrible screaching I
> suffered through before.  They'll still squeal a bit when hot, but
> they're 90% better than before.  You've got to try this stuff.  I
> bought it at a NAPA auto store -- just be sure to get the CRC brand
> and let it set up for at least 24-36 hours before installation.


> >It really worked!  No more screech, no more rattle.  The stuff has
> >held up for nearly 6 weeks, and now, after a lot of really hard use
> > and sustained heat, the pads are finally starting to make noise
> >again.  BE SURE to let it set up before installing the brake pads.
 
> Well, now it's time for an update...Bob Tunnell writes again.....
> 
> After several thousand cross country miles and hundreds of Pro Solo
> and Solo II runs the CRC "goop" has finally lost some of its
> effectiveness and the rattle has returned to one caliper.  But I'm
> not discouraged -- I'm actually quite impressed with how long it
> lasted under such severe conditions.  I'll probably try it again
> sometime, but first...
> 
> At the suggestion of John Broderick (an awesome MR2 Turbo driver
> who's been killing me lately in A/Stock and owner of Mister 2
> Performance Products) I've recently used a small amount of 3M
> Weatherstrip Adhesive between the pads and caliper piston contact
> surfaces. <whispering now>  I didn't even clean off the CRC stuff
> first. <G> I just applied the adhesive where I saw shiny metal, let
> it skin over (about 2 minutes), and reassembled.
> 
> After about 60 Pro Solo and Solo II runs, and a few hundred street
> miles, still no rattles or squeals.
> 
> John also advised, if the squealing is *really* bad, apply a
> *minuscule* amount of lithium grease to all metal-to-metal
> pad-to-caliper contact surfaces.  I haven't done that yet, since the
> squeal is already gone.
> 
> For other great ideas (John is quite an innovator) or products you
> can contact him directly at mr2@domain.elided.
> 
> Considering the added stopping power of the Hawk brakes, I for one
> am quite happy to put up with these minor inconveniences. :)
> 
> Good luck and have fun,
> 
> Bob Tunnell
> 

Carl Buckland
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