Smig
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Hey evyerone can anyone help me please as my car sounds like a load of old crap when i brake i brought some greenstuff pads bout 6 months ago and they've done about 5000-6000 miles on them ive put loads of copper grease on them but the still screech and i sound like a real fool
Any advise anyone???
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Smig
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ps forgot to say U2U me if anyone can help cheers
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chris_uk
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spray them with oil! lol stop the squeekin.. but might affect your braking performance! 
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paul_spurrell
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put some brake cleaner on them. I can not be ased to U2U you
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Dave Hay
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hope you chamfered edge of pads 45 degrees before you put em on.
obviously dont take a chunk out of pad, just a little chamfer to edge of pads.
[Edited on 26-07-2003 by Dave Hay]
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Smig
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Sorry dave im not the brighest when it comes to these things what do you mean by chamfered the pads 45 degrees
Cheers
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Smig
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ttt
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and-m
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Chamfer an edge off them at 45 degrees
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Smig
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Sorry what do you mean by that( u mean cut them) and from which end top or bottom?
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Smig
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if it is cutting them what should i use? and do you mean literally cut the pad or just slighty shave them?
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Dave Hay
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noooooo chamfer! you know the top and bottom of the brake (as it sits in caliper) you need that face to be chamfered as opposed to what it looks like now.
i cant actually describe it well without having the pad in my hand and showing you.
can anyone else describe it better for him?
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Smig
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donyou mean it has to sit in the caliper at an angle?
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Dave Hay
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no
you need to grind the edges off the shortest length of pads (top and bottom)
basically making sure the edges are at 45 degrees as opposed to 90.....
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Smig
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i kinda know what you mean what should i use to grind them with?
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Smig
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how come you have to do this with "greenstuff" and not OE pads or do you have to do it with those to cause if you do id get my mate to do it for me as he works at vaux so would they have to do it to the oe pads
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Dave Hay
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you do it on all pads if you dont want em to screach.
i forgot too and mine make a hell of a noise lol cant be arsed sorting it.
use a file to chamfer edge.
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Gambit
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i never done that on my greenstuff on the corsa & they never squealed
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Smig
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cheers guys thanks 4 the help
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ally denton
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every1's going on about the pads here :s what state are your discs in? are they ground to buggery?
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