Re: Brake squealing

[David Lefebvre <drl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you drive in heavy traffic? German pads are typically harder and I 
suspect yours are glazed. Either because you did not bed them in properly 
or because you have been riding your brake in traffic.

Try several hard braking iterations without traffic around you from 70 to 
30 mph to burn off the glazing.

You can also try reinstalling the pads with anti-squeal glaze applied on 
the backside.

At 07:58 PM 2/6/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I just replaced all rotors with new Brembo rotors and replaced all the pads
>(threw the boxes away so not sure exactly what they were).  Within 100 miles
>the fronts started squealing loudly.  I had replaced the brakes because they
>were squealing, not because they were worn out.  The old front pads had a
>separate anti-squeal backing but still squealed.  The new pads did not come
>with any backing.  The brakes work great but squeal.  Any suggestions on how
>to stop the squeal would be appreciated?
>
>David W. Reichel
>1984 325e
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