Brakes

Jasonsupafly · January 4, 2008

2001 Z71 5.3

The brakes started squealing a couple of months ago. I took it to one of the local Firestone Tire Centers here in town. They are known for top of the line work. They said the rear needed a brake job and that the fronts were Ok for now. I told them to go ahead. A couple of days later the squeal came back. I thought it was coming from the front so i bought the top of the line ceramic pads from carquest and a friend and I put them on. the squeal was still there. the nest day I took back to firestone and they turned the rear rotors again and also the front. said they were glazed over. the next day the squeal returned. a couple of weeks later i took it back to them and they turned all the rotors again. said they were badly glazed again. well when i left coming home they started with the squealing again so i just went on home hoping it would go away in time.. well it never did. it got worse. i took it back today 3 weeks later and they said the rotors were glazed over and that they scuffed them up for me and told me to see how it works.. it worked ok till i got almost home and the d**n squealing is back again.. ANY suggestions on what to do about this ? the guy that worked on it ,ive known for years and hes been doing this kind of work for probably 30 years. may i also add the rear pads they put on are from Napa.. sorry for long post but the noise is irritating..

EDIT: truck has 80000 miles on it. when my friend and i changed the front ,the OE pads looked to have well over half the pad left, but i changed anyway to have all new pads..

pm26 · January 4, 2008

Get a bottle of brake anti-squeal paste from Auto Zone and smear it on the back of all brake pads. They sell this compound in a small bottle for about $ 6 and it is orange in color. Do not use brake pin grease for this purpose.

You should not have let them turn the rotors so many times. This process removes the metal from each rotor, makes it thinner and more prone to warpage. Usually, hand sanding with 100 grit sandpaper is good enough to remove the glaze.