Alright so I installed these pads about two months ago, and just recently have been having a horrible squeal when I slow down to a stop. It is embarassing. I have had two people say "time for new brakes huh". Why do they do it. The stopping power is awesome and the brake dust is considerable less then the stock pads (actually it just looks less becuase it appears almost redish in color)

 

did you bed in the pads?
if not, here is your answer:
http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm

 

Yes I did....actually lit them on fire when doing so. The mechanic who was with me told me it was fine and that would get more life out of them.

 

ya I heard his brakes at the meet on sunday, I was like damn that's loud.

 

Mines are doing the same thing. Although it bothers me a lot when city driving, it only happens if the applied brake pressure is really light. Stopping power is awesome !!!

 

6Speed yea same with me. Sometime they wont do it at all. I think i t may depend on the temp out side or something. i have noticed with less humidiity in the air they are not making a sound.

 

coop where did you go to set 'em on fire? I can't imagine a road with no traffic straight and long enough for me to do that around here.

 

There is an industrial park right by my house on Trooper Rd (off of 422), there are many open areas to run your car. I did it on a sunday afternoon around 4pm. Did it for about 20 minutes and only ran into one other car....which coincedentally was doing the same thing I was.

 

Same here I changed my pads bout 2 weeks ago and they still sound horrible, its has to be the worst i've herd on any car so far.

 

did the noise go away after that?

 

No, I did this right after I installed them. There was no sou nd till a few weeks later and it wont stop now...but it is not all the time. It is only happening when I am slowing down from about 20mph and it is humid outside.

 

Have you called Hawk?

 

No never thought about that. It really does not bother me that much. It happens about twice a week. But when it does occur, it is loud

 

i installed them about 2 weeks ago as well and the stoping power is awesome but when i drive around town around 5 mph they sing i really hate it i may go back to stock pads. It seems like it only happens when it is warm out

 

mine had begun to squeak like this after about a week (after they were so quiet for the first!) two nights ago i took some backroads home and 'lit them on fire' so to speak... no squeaks since!... maybe they needed a re-bed.

-i noitced before they squeaked more in humid weather.

-i have seen comments that these pads stop better than the brembo pads...i do not think so at all...the brembos had much more stopping power...

-the reduction in brake dust is spectacular-

 

Keep in mind that all brake pads will release dust. A softer pad that stops better will probably release more dust. It's sorta like a grippy summer tire that wears quickly. The less dust it releases, the less braking power the pads will have. At least that is my understanding.

dsc888

 

I am going back to the oem brembos pads these things are loud

 

I have to differ. The Brembo (or Acura OEM) have a more noticeable initial bite. Hawk pads need some heat to be really effective.

 

THey also need a silencer

 

^^agreed- they do need to be warmed up....

 

AHHHH i just installed my stock Brembos again i will never go back to those Hawk pads to much low mph noise. they do work well but the bite on the stock brembos is better. At least the intial bite. I will say on the hawk pads no dust for 2 weeks on the rims i will miss that. but I can not take the squeak when driving around town and people yelling get your breaks fixed . That is embrassing I will save the hawks when i go road racing

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/automotive-news-6/toyota-corolla-news-120386/

 

 

these pads piss me off. there sooooooooo loud. iv had them in for a month now and they squeak evey day no matter what and they are so loud. i even put anti squeal on them. wtf

 

i have come across the same problem with the rotex kevlar pads. silent for a few months and now they are usually pretty loud. i pretty sure its not yet at the point that my brembo pads reached, but its annoying nonetheless.

 

I purchased the hawk ceramics for my automatic and haven't had any issues. Only thing I did was bed them in pretty well. Didn't use any of that "no-squeal" fluid on the pads that others have used.....

 

i have the same squeaking issue!! i have the HPS pad for my AT..and it squeaks like hell when it's warm WHILE i'm not applying brake from 0 to 60 KM/HR....i even changed my OEM rotor to powerslot rotor..it did the same squeaking....it really pisses me off!

 

For those with the Hawk pads and noise issue, did you properly bed in the new pads? I did and after around two months, I developed a high pitched squeaking when I apply the brakes lightly (6MT). I bedded my pads properly (rotors turned blue) and had two months noise free.

I might bed the pads in again to see if the noise goes away. Just wondering for those without noise - what did you do aside from installing them to get rid of the noise?

 

any AT TLer with hawk pad?? any issues?!

 

Thats weird because Hawk HPS (if thats the compound you got) are suppose to be virtually noise free. No one complains about the Sentra pads being loud.

Also I thought you only bed in rotors, not pads?

 

tonight i did some serious bedding. ill write back tomorrow to tell yall how it went. i did abot 10 hard stops from 100 to ten.

 

Read this article about the bedding process and why...

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_bedintheory.shtml

 

Yea I scanned through that but again, you bed the pads in/onto the rotors. If you change only your pads you dont have to bed them into the stock or used rotors.

 

i installed the HPS pad on my OEM rotors..it squeaked like crazy...the problem is it squeak so much when the brake is NOT applying...
so i switched to powerslot rotors cuz i thought my wrapped OEM rotors was making the noise...
now the powerslot made the same noise and i bedded the pad with the powerslot already....
i will try and bed it again later when i'm going home next week...

 

Did you bed the Powerslots with new pads?

 

guys. if you dont want your brakes to squeek all you havve to do is follow those directions. it worked great for me.

 

hmm...i bed the HPS pad with powerslot after 1 week of use..cuz i didn't have the time...
will i need to take out the pads and sand them and the rotors before re-bedding it?

 

Read the article again and read your reply - you bed the PADS into the rotors. Also, read this quote from the same article:

 

you do run the risk of developing "chatter" or an annoying vibration if you dont check the condition of the rotors. even if they are above the min thickness level you wont know for sure if the new pads will work well with the old rotors. beding will help reduce the chance that you will either need to turn the rotors or replace them.

 

Fuck These Pads