Does your Buddy rear brake squeak?

docutech · Post by **docutech** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:42 pm

With 1600 miles on the clock my rear brake has begun to squeak. It gets worse when the temperatures get above 90*. Does your rear brake squeak?

Quo Vadimus · Post by **Quo Vadimus** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:59 pm

I only had about 100 BDUs before Daisy started squealing. It comes and goes.

Loud brakes save lives, right?

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:51 am

something like that

50/50 right now... its a tight race!

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:51 am

At almost 30,000 miles, I decided to go ahead and replace the rear brakes last weekend while I was putting on a new rear tire. The old brakes had started squeaking lately.
Well, I took some very fine sandpaper to the drum to knock off any glaze that might be there and put in the new brake shoes.
Damn! It squeaks worse than ever

!
I mean, really loud.
It's a PITA to take off the exhaust, exhaust bracket and rear wheel but I may just do it anyway and slap the old shoes back in.
The old rear brakes actually looked pretty good; my 30K miles is mostly go with very little stop.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:50 am

Sometimes it is a pad material thing. The brakes on my track car squeal like a pig at any temp under 60 degrees. Flaming hot on the track? quiet as a church mouse.

You can also sand the surface of the shoe just a bit to remove glaze, too. But yeah, its a bear to get to.

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:17 pm

The front brake is the more common squeaker! Usually from dust in the disc.