Replaced my brakes about a week ago with some Hawk brake pads up front. Had the rotors turned and everything was cool.....for a while. Now after they warm up they squeel....REAL BAD!!! It is super loud and only happens if they are warm or I don't brake hard. This just started the other day. I am pretty sure the noise is from up front so I need some advise. I am gonna go to the brake place tomorrow even though I did the install myself. Oh yeah this is a 99 coupe EX.
Brake squeel from new brakes??
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were they oem rotors?
sounds like the pads could have too high of a metallic compound, were there shims on the origional pads?
also, you said that you had the rotors turned. Did you check the thickness? If the rotors are under spec they will not displace enough heat...
hence why i asked if they were oem rotors. just bought a set of rotors b/c i messed up my front ones. needed to be ground and my mechanic said the grinding will cause poor heat dispersement and warping.
More than likely the passanger side is the one making the noise. Could it be that because I did not sand that side to get rid of any residue from the other pads and that is what is causing the squeel? The Hawk pads are a feral-carbon compound. Maybe I should have had the passanger turned also...but it did not need it. I will try sanding the pads and disc to make sure there are no contaminates.
Could it actually be the anti squeel grease that I didn't put between the shim and the outer pad? And can some one explain to me how the hell there is squeel from not putting it on? Sorry i am more of an auto electrician and fabricator than mechanic.
i'd remove the rotor and cut a couple thousanths off just to clean it up and hit the pads lightly with some 180 grit emory cloth. get some one to drive the car and see if the sound is louder on one side or the other
same thing is happening to my girls 97 accord cept its happening to her rear drums. sounds like a bus tryin to stop. i had a mech take them off to replace the shoes and drums but he said there are new pads and drums on their it looks like. i think for my girls car it might just be cheap drums and shoes.
Did you get Hawk HPS or HP+? or which compound? I can tell you right now that HP+ or something even more aggressive WILL squeek on contact. Almost any aggressive brake pad will squeek on contact. If you're concerned with noise and not performance, buy OE, or try any of the less aggressive pads sport pads out there, like AEM, EBC Green, lower end Endless (I had the Vita Nuovas, awesome pedal feel, low dust). Also, did you seat the pads? 10 cycles of 60 to 5 with increasing intensity? There's a dozen ways to do this, what I just said is the Carroll Smith way.
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its typical for the pads. if u wanna quiet them down pull them off, clean them, lube where the pads slide, and spray some anti-squeel s**t on the back of the pad, wait for it to get tacky, clean the caliper off and install the pads. it will quiet them down. all hawk brakes i have heard about always squeel atleast a little bit
I just got my teggy back with new kazera rotors & hawk pads, and i also noticed some kind of squeeling from the right side. well, not so much a squeel, but more of a rubbing or something 
could it just be new pads/rotors breaking in?
could it just be new pads/rotors breaking in?