The topic says what i have, but i'll give a bit more detail. I have a 2002 VDC OBW that i jacked up a whoping 2 inches. I had my brakes replaced not that long ago (end of march) goldline duralast pads bla bla bla. when replacing one of the caliper pins was broken, couldn't find an OE part, so they used something from another car that was the same size. Seemed to be ok. Seems like it should work, pretty sure it was the front right caliper. Recently (past few hundred miles) i've noticed a squeak. It's not always there. In turns, don't hear it, even on curves i don't hear it. If i apply the breaks, squeak goes away, for a bit. If i drive in a straight line it doesn't ALWAYS happen, but it does now and again, especially if i've hit a bump or something. If i hit a rough patch of road at low speeds, it squeaks a lot.

 

My thoughts: warped rotor/improperly held in place pad, wheel bearing (plz no) front sway link (replaced rears last fall with moogs) and possibly i guess the upper strut mount. Tie rods, inner and outer, are new, shouldn't be a ball joint, i'm not that mean to my car, axles are also fairly new (replaced them when the issue was tire rub =/ last summer i believe). Any other thoughts on the matter? I'm gonna shake it down in a day or two, just wondering where to look.

hard to say but, if the caliper is sticking a little, the pad might be squeaking.

 

It may not have been doing it long enough or severely enough to either wear the pads unevenly (take a look) or heat up one side more than the other (feel them and compare left to right side - or use one of those infrared thermometers).

 

may as well lube the pins and put a little lube on the back of the pads. maybe the shop forgot or was stingy.

 

could also be a pebble caught between the dust shield and the rotor. When that happened to my old Datsun, it was a continuous squeal.

Edited May 15, 201213 yr by 1 Lucky Texan