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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Pride and Joy on 18 September 2006, 18:25:20

Title: Brake Squeel
Post by: Pride and Joy on 18 September 2006, 18:25:20

 :'(Help please guys. Read a members tip about squeeling brakes and shamphering the pad edges - cannot find it again, can anybody refresh my memory :question. Also will this work on my wifes 740 volvo - on its third set of pads and it is still squeeling like a pig. Tried everything without any luck. Can anybody please help.

Many thanks

Title: Re: Brake Squeel
Post by: Tony H on 18 September 2006, 18:47:58

I've just changed the front pads and discs on mine the new pads came pre chamfered they also had a hard plastic backing pad on the back of the steel part of thae pad. I presume that this is some type of anti squeel design. However I saw a set of new pads recently that I think must have been older stock these were not chamfered and did not have the backing plastic, both sets were genuine Vx parts. If you are modifying the pads already fitted to your car the pads I fitted have about a 10 mm chamfer on both leading and trailing edge at an angle of about 10 degrees. I could not get my head around the design because surely if the surface of the pad is reduced the contact area is smaller,therfore braking efficiancy is impaired .

Title: Re: Brake Squeel
Post by: STMO123 on 18 September 2006, 18:48:22

Hi Peter, I think this may be the thread you are looking for

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564750

Cheers, Steve.

Title: Re: Brake Squeel
Post by: Pride and Joy on 18 September 2006, 21:59:38

Thanks Steve and Tony - much appreciated. Will give the chamfering a try.

Thanks again for your invaluable help