Brand New Rda Rotors And Ebc Red Stuff Pads Squealing Like A Banshee

[hayden49]

Hey all, just got new RDA slotted rotors all round and brand new EBC redstuff pads installed yesterday.

After bedding the pads in they have started screeching like crazy, im talking about almost unbearble screech here.

Under hard breaking they only squeal lightly but pulling up to lights is horrendous.

I dont understand the problem, the rotors and pads are brand new.

Does the surface of the new rotors need to wear in or something?

Any help would be appreciated.

CHeers

[Proximity Motorsport]

red stuff is for track use. so alot of those pads squeak ... dnt think there is much u can do. dont use that squeal remover shit.. i heard it does bad things to performance of brakes

[hayden49]

Ahh ffs!

Those pads cost me $400, i got them through a group buy on this site.

surely the GB organizer wouldn't have sold me pads that were unsuitable to everyday driving on the street?

The noise is almost unbearable.

[MissR34]

i dont mean to be rude at all but did you not at least look them up to make sure that they were gonna be suitable for everyday use/ to suit your needs?

[hayden49]

Well seeing as the organizer new that the car was going to be street driven, and said they were a good pad, no, at the time i didn't feel it necessary to do some research on them.

Now, does anyone have anything useful to add to the thread?

[siddr20]

Yes, sell them and buy standard nissan pads.

They do the job well for street.

I had some endless pads and they squeaked like crazy!! so i just ended up selling it

[hayden49]

hm.. ive been reading about applying anti squeal grease to either sides of the shims, and that this sometimes eliminated squeal.

I'm not just going to give up and sell them seeing as i paid $400 for them.

If need be, ill keep them and use them as a track pad if i ever get to one of the QLD raceway track days.

[MrStabby]

The redstuffs should be fine. Just call on Mr Searchy to find numerous threads here on how to quieten squealing brakes.

[Angus Smart]

Ahh ffs!

Those pads cost me $400, i got them through a group buy on this site.

surely the GB organizer wouldn't have sold me pads that were unsuitable to everyday driving on the street?

The noise is almost unbearable.

just think of all the fagots with convertables your going to piss off

i do it every day as i've got project mu level max 900 on the fronts and similar on the rear. makes alot of noise

also if you wish to make the a little bit quiter. i beleive you can file away the edges to make them slope down towards the metal backing plate and that will reduce the noise a bit.

Edited September 4, 2007 by Angus Smart

[alexk]

I have the exact same combination of rotors and pads on my gtr and they hardly squeek. Don't know whats happening with yours mate, but after a short while you will notice that they are not very good from cold and you will need to warm them up a little for them to bite. I won't buy these pads again.

[Cold_Fusion]

The advise to search for threads to remedy to this problem is a good one. Do a quick search on the site coz i was reading extensively on this a few days ago. Forgot which thread exactly but lots of techniques were described to quieten squealing brakes and apparently most of the time it comes down to piston to metal backing plates on the pads rather than rotor to brake lining friction...or so someone was saying so yeah, just look it up. I have endless CC-X pads on standard albeit resurfaced rotors on my GT-t and they squeal but it's not so bad so it seems to come down to how they were fitted because everyone seems to have different results which does not coincide with the combination of rotor/brake pad.

Good luck

[tek_01]

yeah search will give u much more info but to break it down

chamfer leading and trailing edges on brake pad

scuff up brake pad surface with 80 grit sanpaper

use anti-squeal compound on the shims (you do have shims,dont you??)

lubricate all pins etc that need it

machine rotors, or in your case you have new ones

bleed the brakes

do a good bed in session to get them really bed in

thats about all i can think of but yeah i have the same problem (different pads tho) and after about 2 weeks they settled down on their own

damn brakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol good luck