Thanks John. Mine squeak a little too, although when I'm driving, not when I'm stopping. I tried some spray stuff on the back of the old pads but it didn't work. My old pads are pretty thin so I will see what happens with new pads. Mark Ingalls
>From: John Schaper <JSchaper@schsa.org> >To: "'ingalls_mark@hotmail.com'" <ingalls_mark@hotmail.com> >Subject: Brake kit >Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:41:52 -0800 > >I changed my front brake pads from Bus Depot on my 85 GL earlier this year >and ordered the $12 kit. I didn't need them and ended up returning them >for credit. The only hardward on my fronts are 2 pins on each caliper, >which look as good as new even after 200K miles. I think you can save the >$12. While the brakes work fine (they are the Pagit variety) they squeek a >lot now. Last weekend, I tried the "red stuff" fix as noted in the >archives, but they still squeek. Thinking of replacing the pads with >another set in hopes that the squeeking will stop. FWIW. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. |
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