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Ok,

before you jump in saying use the search function, i would like to let you know i have and didnt find anything exactly what i was after..

When i brake i find that my front brakes squeek, sorta on and off, sometimes on, now i know the pads are not fully run down...

however, my first question is, if these werent replaced at compliance, is it possible for the pads to become stale after a while if they have been on the car for a while without much use?

and secondly, i have slotted stock rotors, and was thinking about getting them machined to fix this problem, as it annoys me... but i dont want to go in spending money if i dont have to.. as in if i do machine them and it doesnt fix i wont be happy

comments appreciated

Michael

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Hi Michael,

I had a squeaking problem that sounds a little bit like yours on my WRX which if I'm not mistaken has a very similar brake setup to your GTS-T. Mine would squeak at random times but not when I applied them. I had just fitted new pads (Bendix Ultimates) which were slightly larger than the OEM pads and the lip around the edge of my moderately worn rotors had worn a groove on the outer edge of the new pads. I took the rotors off and got the lip machined off for about $25 and the squeal was gone.

If this sounds like what's happening to you and you have got a distinct lip around the outer edge of your rotor then machining them could be the way to go.

Hope this helps,

Ben

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I'm pretty sure there's no dramas machining a slotted rotor Duncan, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm now using Bradi slotted rotors which will probably get to the wear limit or crack before I need to machine them.

Not sure about slotted/cross drilled though. Wouldn't touch them with a 10 ft stick.

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so far on all of my cars i have totally eliminated all squeeling by using the "stop squeel" compound. Its available from most automotive stores, is fluroescent orange, and comes in a bottle of maybe 200 or 300 mLs (there abouts). Its like a high temp silicon compound and you put it between the back of the pad and the antisqueel shim or brake caliper, and hush, it's all gone. It's fixed 3 out of 3 for me so far so could be a cheap fix for you.

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Your pads could just be glazed. Do a search in a thread started by DBA steve a while ago called "Disc Rotors". The fix was something like pulling your pads out and giving them a light sand back with emery paper. Check out the thread for more detailed (and more importantly) accurate info :(

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