Hi everyone,

I’m having brake squeal at low-speed braking coming to a stop. I feel like I’ve read all the threads regarding brake squeal with people suggesting a proper bed in process as well as hard braking to make it go away. I’m still having the issue after the hard braking process so hopefully someone that has dealt with the same scenario can chime in.

As a background the non PCCB rotors and pads (Textar) were replaced 10k miles ago. I pulled the front pads off the calipers and found on the drivers side that one of the large pucks attached to the shim is stuck/seized in the piston housing and on the passenger side both of the large pucks are stuck.

Looking for some advice before I have time to diagnose.

1. Are the stuck pucks the reason for the squealing? Maybe preventing the piston from fully functioning?

2. If not, should I leave the stuck pucks in the pistons and remove the shim backings and regrease? I’ve read that some people have done this but haven’t said whether or not that solved the squeaking issue.

3. Replace the pads? It looks like Hawk HPS or EBC Reds come recommended.

4. Rebuild all of the calipers and replace all pads?

I understand that there will always be some level of squeaky noise with these brakes, but want to minimize it by cancelling out the potential causes.

 

I just redid my worn textar pads with new textar pads. Mine used to squeal a lot at low speeds as i approached a stop. Once i had it apart it was apparent why. The last brake job prior to my purchase the person reused the dampers in the front but the stickiness was gone. before i put the pads back in i used a tiny amount of crc disc brake quiet between the damper and the back of the pad. my brakes are not squealing at all. after a proper bed in. if you are a perfectionist, buy new dampers and the stickiness is restored and has the same impact. that's where i would start.

 

@Dk27 thanks I'll look into that. Were your dampener/shim pucks stuck to the piston(s) at all or they were free to be removed from the piston housing?

 

Mine came out pretty easily. If yours don't carefully pull them out, clean them with some brake cleaner. a tiny dab of grease around the silver cylinders that get inserted into the piston and you should be good.

 

OP, same guy as the recent Facebook post? You need the new oem pad dampeners with the prongs and adhesive rubber pads. Suncoast has pre configured kits for your model with the correct mix of sizes.

 

Yup that's me.. Thanks Pete!

 

I just want to follow up on this thread in case anyone else has encounters the same squealing scenario. I ended up getting new Sebro slotted rotors mated with Hawk performance ceramic pads, new hardware all around, and applied Permatex 80653 as lubricant. The rears received new dampeners while the front have no dampeners (seized dampener puck inside two pistons on both calipers and I didn’t want to deal with taking them out).

All in all I have no complaints with this setup and am even happier that I no longer sound like a semi-truck during low speed braking. City driving, driving in the rain, and spirited canyon drives the brakes feel very solid.

 

How is the brake dust with the pads and rotors?

 

Very minimal brake dust especially compared to the Textar pads. Wheels are also ceramic coated so cleaning is super easy.