When i drive the car and use the brakes, I get a squeely noise from one of the front brakes, the shoes are in very good condition, (plenty of lining on it,) After i have driven the car about a half mile it then stops making the noise. unless it is very cold weather. Has anyone got any ideas what might be causing the noise???
Remove the pads and clean all the muck out of the assembly. Make sure the anti-squeal shims are in place, with a smear of grease on the back. DaveK.
I get a squeely noise from one of
Just read it again. Shoes? What car? DaveK.
Take the shoes out again, and chamfer the leading & trailing edge of the pad at about 45 degrees. You can do it with a file.
A lot of drum brake systems squeal when cold though, you may not be able to eliminate it completely.
Alex
Put oil on the pads and they will no longer squeal.
andyt
No, but the passengers will.
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The owner might though...
done that :-)
cleaned but no shims they are shoes ;-)
blush blush,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a triumph herald :-)
done that at first...
AARRRR its so noisy
ERRRRRR i think i will give this one a miss :-)
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Not pads, shoes :) Get it right.
Oh, you should hear our buses first thing in the morning.... If you can see them for the clouds of blue smoke.
Alex
Yea Alex. but at least through the smoke they would not be able to see me, so not knowing that its mine making the noise. :)
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Like someone else said then- Chamfer the leading edges of the linings, clean the drums with emery. Spot of grease on the back plate where the shoes rest. Aaah, memories. DaveK.
In place of grease would there be enough flex in the silicon anti squeal stuff used/sold for disc pads. Seems like it would work to dampen the noise.
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NO GREASE -- with front drums the smallest ammount of contamination of the shoes will cause the brakes to pull to the side.
Clean and chamfer the linnings (wear a mask), and clean the drums with fairly course emmery, check the hold down springs are the correct type and have sufficient tennsion, and adjust the wheel bearing, if that dosent work swapping the brake drums left to right side of the vehicle. All the above may not work and you may find yourshelf buying new brake shoes and even that has no guarantee of success.
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