[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Help! Brakes sqeaking!
>Hairy green toads from Mars made RickBSE@aol.com say: > >> My dealer told me the incessant squeaking of the brakes in my 1989 100E is a >> result of the industry removing asbestos from brake pads several years ago >> and the recommended solution is to put up with it. >> >> I do not like that answer, but several other people have confirmed this >> hypothesis, in that, in the last few years they have had squeaky brakes. > >Not true. > >I have an '89 100Q, and Angela has a '90 90Q20V. Neither of them >has squeaky brakes. When mine did two years ago, I replaced the pads >with something good (Repco Deluxe Organic) and no more squeak. >No more brake dust, either. > > >There is no excuse for squeaky brakes. Either they are cheap-shit >pads, they were incorrectly installed, or they are worn too far down. > >-- I think this is as incorrect as the original statement. Would you classify the apparently squeeky Cool Carbons as cheap-shit brakes? Richard Funnell, San Jose, California '83 urQ '87 560 SL
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