First, I am no mechanic. What I am is cheap, and don't want to pay $400+ to have my brake pads replaced and/or rotors replaced or turned. I have a 97
2WD Explorer Sport. Over a period of 50,000 miles, I've had the pads replaced or replaced them myself at least 4 times due to very loud brake noise, and the rotors turned twice and replaced once. Everytime I've replaced the pads, there has been plenty of pad left, but they've been loud anyway. The last time I serviced the brakes, I put 4 new rotors and premium pad sets on (from O'Reilly autoparts), with the help of my father who's a mechanic on the front rotors. After 5000 miles, the fronts are squealing, and the rears (especially rear left) are screaming very loudly. The brakes work great, they're just VERY loud.So my questions are these.
- Is this a common problem with explorer brakes?
- How do you wise newsgroup readers recommend I go about fixing this?
- What types/brands of brakepads/rotors do ya'll recommend?
- Does anyone know a good website detailing the procedure of changing out pads for a '97 so that I can check to see if I did something wrong?
Thanks for the help.
-Andrew