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97 Ford Escort Brakes

I had my brakes replaced in 2001, no problem. In February 2005, I had my front brakes replaced. Yhey squeeked and vibrated. (I went back every Saturday for 2 months). I finally gave up, made a lot of noise, got my money back and went elsewhere.

They replaced my front and rear brakes. Shortly afterwards my brakes were squeaking and vibratng. I took my car back and they replaced the front brake pads.

That was yesterday and I am fully expecting my brakes to begin squeeking and vibrating again.

I don't know much about cars, but I am thinking that maybe the wrong brake pads are required for my car.

I would geatly appreciate any information.

Thanks

Reply to
compugeek
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I had a 1997 Escort and had no problems with the brakes. I bought it new, and only had to replace the fronts once in 140k miles. In fact, the backs never got thin enough to replace before I sold the car.

If they're squeaking it sounds like some anti-vibration compound could fix that. If they're vibrating too, you almost certainly need rotors as well. They're not expensive.

CJB

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CJB

The rotors have been replaced three times since February this year.

Reply to
compugeek

The brakes require a proper break-in. See:

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Sharon K.Cooke

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