borgit

I recently (about 6k miles) changed out my front pads and rotors on my 06 TL 5AT with RackingBrake ET300 pads and RB 1 piece rotors. The rotors have been great. No vibrations at all, unlike the OEM rotors which warped pretty quickly. However, the pads aren't as great. I've noticed that they squeal pretty much any time I apply light contact to the brake pedal. I've tried to bed them in a few times and that does help for a day or so, but then the squealing returns. When I installed them I used some brake greese from Autozone, which I applied to the back of the pads. I did not use any shims since they didn't come with any.

Does anyone know what i can do next? Should i try to re-grease the back of the bads to see if that helps?

Thanks for any info.

Westy6

I've been using Racingbrake rear rotors with ET500 pads for about 6 months now with no squealing at all. I'll try to help you if I can.

What type of brake grease did you apply? And how much?

This is what I used VERY liberally:



Also I did not use the factory shims, as per the Racingbrake installation instructions.

I loaded up the brake grease behind the pad and they've never squealed, here's what it looked like:



Try adding a similar product liberally and see if that works.

borgit

I also didn't use the factory shims. I just installed the pads without any shims. I don't remember the name of the grease that I used, it was an Autozone brand that they sell near the cash register. I suppose I can try to use a different grease and see if that helps.

powerflow

Make sure you grease all the moving contact points, mounting ledges ect. Use a quality synthetic lubricant. CRC is ok for the back of the pad only, but it is not a synth lubricant so don't use something like CRC on the moving contact points.

Some pads need will squeal if the caliper parts are not lubed perfectly. I recommend VersaChem synthetic brake grease.