HERE ARE SOME ANSWERS TO OUR MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTONS
MY BRAKES ARE SQUEEKING. DO I NEED BRAKES?
BRAKE SQUEEKING IS ANOTHER COMMON COMPLAINT. BRAKE PAD MATERIAL AND ROTOR COMPOSITIONS VARY GREATLY. THE SQUEEKING COMES FROM EITHER THE BRAKE PAD OR THE ROTORS. NEW PAD MATERIALS ARE TRYING TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM. MOST PADS ARE SEMI METALLIC WHICH HAVE SMALL PARTICLES OF METAL IN THE PAD ITSELF. NEWER MATERIALS INCLUDE CERAMIC AND KEVLAR MATERIAL. WE RECOMMEND CERAMIC PADS FOR MOST VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY TEND TO NOT SQUEEK AND ALSO PUT LESS BRAKING DUST ON RIMS. IF YOU HAD YOUR BRAKES JUST REPLACED AND THEY ARE SQUEEKING, YOU SHOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO "BREAK IN" FOR ABOUT 1,000 MILES. BRAKE ROTORS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT. THEY HANDLE ALOT OF HEAT TRANSFER FROM THE FRICTION CAUSED DURING THE BRAKING PROCESS. IF YOUR ROTORS ARE GETTING TOO THIN THE HEAT TRANSFER CAN BECOME INADEQUET AND CAUSE SQUEEKING OR BRAKE PEDAL FADE. RUSTY OR PITTED ROTORS CAN ALSO LEAD TO NOISE. WE RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS ON A BRAKE JOB SO THE NEW ROTORS CAN TRANSFER THE HEAT BETTER AND LESSEN THE CHANCES OF YOUR BRAKES SQUEEKING. IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD YOUR BRAKES CHECKED RECENTLY AND THEY ARE SQUEEKING CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE IF THEY NEED REPLACEMENT.
