Posted by Jim on February 29, 2000 at 05:13:08:
In Reply to: front brake posted by mark on February 28, 2000 at 15:41:13:
Yup. WD's on the money again! The squealing (when not casued by the little metal things that sqeal to let you know your pads are shot) is usually cased by vibration between the pad and the CALIPER, not the rotor. The brake quiet stuff does two things: dampens vibration, and keeps out brake dust which adds to the squeal (which is why you can spray the brake down with cleaner and the squeal will stop for a while- until you build up a little more dust...). The factory pads are cheap; they disintegrate into dust faster than most pads.
New pads, brake quiet, clean often, lay off the front brake. All will help.
-KTRSD
-Jim