rkerr1234

I put some new ceramic brake pads on about three months back and in the last two weeks the right side is squealing like a pig. I took those off and made them replace the pads with ceramic again, just put them on in the last hour, THE SAME SQUEALINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I feel like I'm driving something cheap, what could it be?

vetteamerica

Did you have the rotors cut?

rkerr1234

No, I did not, but they have been fine for 5000 miles then all of the sudden, squeal

Sean2000C5

Take it to a road course for some good quick laps - that always fixes any squealing brakes. Probably just some pad pickup from the old pad material on your rotors.

runamuk

Are they aftermarket or GM ceramics?

I've had GM ceramics on my car since last October with no problems.

RCK1999

You need some HARD breaking to clean things up. An alternative to the road course idea is (on an open clear road) run it up to 60 and STOMP the breaks to "just before lock-up & ABS". It will work wonders!

Another question, did you put any "anti-squeal" paste on the pad mating surfaces when you did the pad swap? Applying this at installation will usually solve the problem.

Richin Chicago

Also do a couple of hard stops in reverse.

Mike Mercury

I've had Raybestos QS ceramics on for almost 3 years now. They are as quiet as a church mouse.

BudgetPlan1

Has same problem when I switched to Raybestos ceramics on 4000 mile 2004 A4 about 3 weeks ago. Got some of that break squeal quiet (aerosol, kinda sticky) removed pads, sprayed the back of em, put em back on...no more squeal.