On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Damon Campbell wrote: > This weekend, i borrowed my fiance's dad's '87 > weekender. When driving along at lower speeds (say, > under 30mph or so) i hear a light squeak-squeak-squeak > coming from the brakes (not quite sure which brake, > though). Odd thing is (at least to me, anyway) that > as soon as you touch the brakes - but before they > actually engage - the squeak-squeak-squeak goes away. Could be the wear indicator on one of the front brake pads. It's a little piece of spring steel that lightly brushes the rotor when the pad starts to get too thin. Usually it makes a light screeching sound when the pedal is *not* being depressed. I'd check the thickness of the front brake pads. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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