I wanted to get a general idea of what may be wrong here before i take my truck into the dealer and see what they say. But heres my deal. I have a 02 Supercrew and it has about 14k miles on it. First i thought my brakes squeaked because of the rain, so i gave them a bit of time for it to go away. It didnt.

It seems they squeak the most when i brake a bit harder(they still seem to stop as well as they ever have), and i do a lot of city driving so that is going to be inevitable. They have been doing it for about the last 3 weeks or so. I even tried washing out any brake dust, etc and that hasn helped. Anyone have any ideas?

 

I just noticed the same thing . . . when I apply them lightly there is very little squeak. When I hit them hard they squeak pretty bad . . . it's just started in the past week or so. I'm going to try and clean the brake dust out and see if that helps (it looks like it is pretty caked in by the shoe/pad area). I see it didn't work for you but I'm hoping . . .

 

Yah, i took it to the dealer last thursday and told them my issue and left my truck there for the day. They didnt know what was causing it, but said some squeeking is natural, but not as much as mine were. What they did was replace the brake pads, and resurfaced all of the rotors under warranty to! Hey and i got a free car wash out of it!

 

Did that solve the problem? My truck is a 97 and I did have the pads changed and rotors resurfaced last year (I'm pretty easy on brakes). I'm wondering if the pads that were put on were not the greatest of quality and are getting glazed over when they get hot. They only seem to squeak after driving it for a while and then it's not really consistent . . . sometimes it squeaks allot, other times not much at all. The pads certainly shouldn't be worn down since I changed them. The brakes are still responsive just annoying.

I'll likely pull the tires off in the next few days and have a look along with a can of brake cleaner. When I rub my finger near the pad, it gets covered in brake dust. Perhaps the pads aren't getting a clean grip on the rotor.

 

cdiddy4224
I'm surpised a dealer covered it under warranty. They usually chime off that it is a wearable item/maintence item and that you are just hard on brakes or something. Nice to hear some still try to help people out.

Cougar guy
Yours may just be excessive dust or you could have contaminated pads or they might be glazed over. Try a good cleaning and then replacing pads with a quality set. Be sure to use plenty of brake grease on the back of the pads and on the caliper slide pins.

 

Normally the dealer doesnt cover the pads as you said...its a wear and tear maintenece item. But since my truck had less than 12k miles on it they replaced it under the 12k warranty wear and tear coverage. Thats why i wanted to get it in and have it looked at before i went over 12k miles, but i was still surprised not to pay a dime for anything, sure made my day!

 

KYFordFreak,

You mentioned brake grease - what is the proper lubricant to use on caliper slide rails and such? And is it suitable for grease points in drum brakes also, such as shoe/backing plate contact areas?

Thanks!

Slug

 

Typically sold as caliper grease- yes, you can use it in the other areas that you mentioned.

 

As billman stated just buy somethingthat says brake/caliper grease. I usually look for it in tube form and try to find something synthetic as it holds up to more temps. You can also find in spray form. Yes you can use it on other friction area, just anywhere something needs to move freely. Just don't put it on the pad material or rotor itself.

 

Hey thanks for the advice KYFordFreak,

I'm going to yank the tires off this weekend and have a look at them. Thanks for the tip on the brake grease, I'll have to pick some up.

 

Thanks for the advice, guys.
Only thing is...
"You can also find in spray form. "
Sounds like a good way to grease things one might not want to grease.

Slug

 

I told ya I tried to always find it in tube form.