Squeaky Brakes

[TBarrow]

I have 114,xxx miles with the factory brakes and pad remaining. I have not experienced any squeaking.

[rxdi]

put it in reverse get going slow and hold down the brakes and give it gas at the same time and go a about 200 feet. It reverses the glaze a bit and almost always takes the squeak away.

[H2 Bill]

You need to use the red caliper grease on the back of the calipers.

[IRA51]

IF you have heat glazed the rotors and pads already you will be liveing with that squeeking for ever. new rotors and the propper GM spec pads and a good cleaning and lubeing of the calipers is the answer . every time you cut the rotors you make them thinner and more prone to over heating and warping . rotors will take 1 cutting and still be good at disapateing heat after that the secound cutting will work but they will be too thin to properly dissapate heat . you could get a couple of cans of brakekleen and some caliper grease and clean them and see what happens ,it cheap enough . and it may help if it's just a build up of brake dust .

[guruerror]

HERE'S AN OLD THREAD!

I had new GM pads and rotors put on about 8-9,000 miles ago. They've squeaked since day 1. At first I thought...'Give it some time...they're just learning to play nice.' But it's been 8-9,000 miles...(sigh)...and still the same annoying squeak.

The only nuance that I've noticed with mine is that they only squeak at very low speeds...under 5-10 mph, like when creeping to a stop at a light. The squeak is ear piercing and only appears to occur on part of the rotation...sqeeeeeaaaaak...no squeak...squeeeeeaaak...no squeak...stop. I don't know if that really means anything or not.

I was in for an oil change and tire rotation last week and asked the tech to take a look. All they told me was, "the brakes and rotors look fine." LOL...I don't care how they 'look' I care how they 'sound.' They were really slammed that day so I figured I'd have them give it another look-see when I go in for my tranny flush next month.

I'm tempted to act on some of the feedback in this thread but thought I'd resurrect it first to get some other's input.

EDIT: I never had a single squeak that I remember with the original brakes and rotors... the ones that were on the truck when new.

[Hellz]

I had a problem with very noisy brakes about a mon ago. Had new EBC yellow stuff pads on slotted EBC rotors. The squeaks were so bad that I completely ripped apart the whole front brakes and lubed everything.

Back of pads
Caliper bolts

I also removed the bracket and painted both it and the caliper.
When I put it all back to get her, also bled the system to flush all the old fluid out.


Honestly haven't heard a single squeak since then.
Granted, I know it was from the lube on the bolts and pads, but peace of mind knowing there is fresh fluid in it too.

[LoJac963]

My old man had an H3 long before I picked up my 2 and he complained of the same issues. I did the same thing, broke the calipers down and greased EVERYTHING. Also be sure to grease the back of the brake pads-most have metal shims attached and even those can cause noise. Grease everything and it will go away!