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squeak squeak squeak



bearing ?

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ATS - Patrick Bureau
1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
1988 16v Euro GT Project
> Hey kids,
> 	So this is silly that I have to ask this question, but I've never 
> run into it before:
> 	My Rabbit (exact same mechanical stuff that I'm talking about as a 
> Scirocco II) has an annoying problem. The front left brakes go 
> squeak-squeak-squeak in time with the rotation of the wheel as I drive 
> down the road. I just replaced the caliper and pads, and the (vented) 
> rotor is fairly new, but a little worn (much better than average). I 
> recently took it apart (took the caliper off, removed the pads) and lubed 
> everything up (the places where the caliper touches the pads). It didn't 
> help, at all. It still does the exact same thing. I can turn the wheel 
> around with the car up in the air and hear it - once per rotation, this 
> horrible incredibly high-pitched skreeeee! It's probably high enough that 
> some people with slight hearing damage couldn't even hear it. It's not the 
> brake sheild either - any ideas? I'm about ready to just get a new rotor, 
> new hub, new brake sheild :)
> But of course then it would still do it...
> 	-Josiah
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