SQUEEKY BREAKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

My girl friend has a Ford Puma and the breaks squeek every time you put your foot on the breake peddle , the discs and pad are fine , ant idea how to stop this ??????????
cheers......

sell it! :p

BM

Squeaky breaks eh? Are they lunch breaks, or tea breaks? ;)

Geezer

Can you tell us what a 'breake peddle' is ...? Maybe it's what Google suggests?

"Did you mean: brake pedal " ...?

Dave

PS: wrong forum for this topic.
PPS: take the car out and brake hard a few times - probably just needs the pads deglazing. Does she just use it about town and brake gently most of the time? If so go out and give it LARGE with the brakes. Get a nice long, straight EMPTY road and (making sure there is nowt behind you!!) do some emergency stops. Should sort it out.
PPPS: though it could be she has a family of mice nesting there ..... :D

I've got a C70 T5 and they're renowned for squeeky brakes!

It's from Chaucer:

"The thrustelcok made eek hir lay, The wode dove upon the spray. She sang ful loude and cleere, then steppeth on the breake peddle nere".


HTH.

Dump her and get a new girlfriend whose car doesn't have squeaky brakes?

HTH :D

Are the shimplates between the caliper and pad present? Has copper grease been applied to the pad ears(/shims if not built into pad).

"Education, education, education" :(

Copper grease should fix it.

Sounds like mice to me, if it were only when moving I'd go along with the copper grease suggestion, but as it happens every time you put your foot on the pedal. Seems odd though.

;)

Depends on the type of mouse as a basic fieldmouse will emit a series of short 'sharp' squeaks, whereas the doormouse is known for its longer 'lower' pitched squeals......

Maybe placing some cheese on the passenger seat would help coax them out :thumb:

Installing a cat in the glove box may well eliminate all existing and future squeaks and squeals without the cheesy odour :D

surprised no one has mentioned oiling the brakes

When I read the title I thought this thread was going to be about some kind of fetish weekend breaks :freak3: :wonder: :D

I'd check the other 7 pads next time you inspect :)

Have you checked your toes / ankles / knees for wear and tear away from the car? You may both have arthritis.

HTH :)

:Suspiciou

Just goes to show you shouldn't judge others by your own standards .... :D

Dave

I thought this was going to be a dance music thread tbh about some kind of kerrazzy new beats.

Thank your lucky stars it wasn't "Squeeky Break's" :D

Good one, but what is the real translation of "breake" in this context? :)

Might be worth pointing out that the copper grease should be applied to the back of each pad where it is oressed by the caliper piston, just to prevent a "non stop" moment!

Les

Far too civilised in General - https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...y-breakes.html

copperslip on the back of the pad - there should be an anti-squeal shim between pad and caliper piston.