Brown Tires and Squealing Brakes

[Lafiro]

Yes, could be the drums needs to be cleaned. If you know how to take them apart, do so, and hit the drum against a plastic bag over cardboard, OUTSIDE, and do not breathe the stuff in that comes out.

Its probably just all the brake pad dust(the shoes).

[silver_echo]

take the front brakes apart, clean them with brake clean, put them back together, make sure to add some silicone to the caliper slides, and on the back sides of the shoes(the side away from the rotors), also, check to make sure that the rotor is not eaten up too much, and that the pads are not too thin...


on the other issue, my tires do the same thing, seems to be something similar to the tire shine oxidizing...

[AmyV]

Originally Posted by Lafiro

Yes, could be the drums needs to be cleaned. If you know how to take them apart, do so, and hit the drum against a plastic bag over cardboard, OUTSIDE, and do not breathe the stuff in that comes out.

Its probably just all the brake pad dust(the shoes).

I've actually noticed a buildup and light squeal from my front brakes! But same deal, just clean out the dust and it's good as new.

And as for not breathing the stuff in, brake pads aren't made with asbestos anymore. I mean, it's still not good to breathe that stuff in, but you don't have to go through the rebreathers and suits and the plastic sheilded containment zones to clean brakes, which is what needed to be done in the past. Thank god! If I had to go through all that... my brakes would just squeal all the time