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When i apply the brakes, my brakes start to squeek and its getting annoying, ive changed the pads. got new rotors about 4 months ago. tried "Squeek stopping spray" and nothing is working, i grinded down the edges of the pads and still nothing.. Im not sure what to do now? maybe take to a "pro" to look at it? =\

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Hey,

When i apply the brakes, my brakes start to squeek and its getting annoying, ive changed the pads. got new rotors about 4 months ago. tried "Squeek stopping spray" and nothing is working, i grinded down the edges of the pads and still nothing.. Im not sure what to do now? maybe take to a "pro" to look at it? =\

Check the toe in and toe out alignment of the pads. Also ensure that the backing plates are still installed behind the pads.

You will want a very slight toe in on the leading edge of the pads to stop squeaking from memory.

Nigel.

Its a case of trial and error for Skyline brakes im afraid.

I couldnt tell you how many times i tried to get mine to stop squeaking, and failed. Even with stock pads.

Tried EVERYTHING and eventually, they squeaked again..

Skimmed rotors, shims Ferodos..

New Rotors, shims stock pads + brake squeak stop

New Rotors, no shims squeak stop... and so on and so forth.

Finally, what worked for me, was getting slotted rotors. Have had them on the track, and 100's of km of town driving and have not heard a peep from them since. This is with Ferodo Formula pads, and NO squeak shims.

I think the squeak was more to do with pad glazing in my case. And the slotted rotors are keeping the surface clean.

Well thats my theory anyway :)

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Hey,

When i apply the brakes, my brakes start to squeek and its getting annoying, ive changed the pads. got new rotors about 4 months ago. tried "Squeek stopping spray" and nothing is working, i grinded down the edges of the pads and still nothing.. Im not sure what to do now? maybe take to a "pro" to look at it? =\

Mine only squeek when it has been a cold day. Usually after about 5 minutes though they stop. I've tried hosing the brake dust off but this made them worse at the time. Now I just put up with it for 5 minutes and then it goes. I don't know what they theory is there, maybe something to do with disc expanding in heat whcih causes brakes to stop squeeking?

ethier that mate, or the pads are getting up to temp after 4 or so mins of driving,

My gtr's brakes squeeeeek there heads off, give it 10-15mins of hard track like driving, and bam there quite, than when i go back to crusing they cool down and off gose with the squeeeking again,

It depends alot on your pads

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Sorry to resurrect a semi-old thread but I've had my R33 for about 3 weeks now and have tried a bunch of things to stop the brakes squealing, it's quite loud and very annoying.

Mine has slotted rotors, which I've had machined, Bendix Ultimate pads in the front (new) and Ferodo Formula pads in the rear (also new), shims are also in there. My next plan is to use different pads and see if that changes it.

When I had the rotors machined and pads changed it was all good and quiet for a few days, now it's just as bad as it was before.

Any new ideas?

Certainly did. I paid particular attention to making sure i did that. It's so annoying, I love the skyline and should have bought one much earlier but then there's this terrible noise every time I brake, quite disappointing.

ferodo formulas squeak like a bitch on the back. I had them on front and rear and i swapped the rears out for another brand (TRX?) which were slightly better but still squeal. I'd try a softer pad on the back, they are not as critical as the fronts. I'm trying QFM HPX's next front and back (their street pad).

yep GSL Rallysports do, and I put some on mine, no squeaking apart from a tiiiny bit on very hard braking. Given that I put on slotted rotors with only a little bit of use, and didn't bother machining the rears I'm stoked. I didn't have squealing on the OEM pads before though either.

QFM are a really good pad for the money IMO, but that's going off on another tangent..

Interesting reading these postings. Most people with brake noise seem to have done the right thing and machined discs and fitted their new pads with the factory anti squeal plates but the brakes still give them problems. The problem has to be pads that are not appropriate for the use of the car . Using pads over 400c on the street is wasting you money and wearing out your discs. Using pads with high temps in normal driving conditions which the majority of people do actually makes the brakes perform less efficiently than a standard pad and yes you get noise. High temp pads should only be used in circuit conditions. The only exception to this is hillclimbing where you use the softest pad available.

Maybe you have misaligned caliper pistons something caused by the wrong technique when resetting.

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