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squeak squeak squeak
When I step on the brakes, it goes away.
-Josiah
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Brian Haygood wrote:
> Take the pads out. If it still does it, it's the bearing.
>
> BH
>
>
> >From: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
> >To: pbureau@attbi.com, scirocco@insanetechnology.com
> >CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Re: squeak squeak squeak
> >Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 05:04:35 +0000
> >
> >
> >Sounds like either you missed the brake sheild somewhere or you need to
> >replace your pads.
> >
> >
> >>bearing ?
> >>
> >>--
> >>====
> >>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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