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John

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Nov 5, 2009, 1:03:06 AM11/5/09
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My sister has a Nissan Tiida 2007 ( small car for you blokes overseas) and
is plagued by squealing brakes ( from new) to the point wher the car is an
embarrassment. Attempts to cure by Dealers failed, brake specialists failed
after new discs/pads. Altogether $1,000,s spent on a car 2 years old. I
remember being told that putting a thin layer of silicon adhesive between
the pad and caliper can help. Anyone heard of this or can offer some other
solution
Cheers
John


Tony W

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Nov 5, 2009, 1:37:29 AM11/5/09
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I'm good at fixing this on a motorcycle so for what it's worth...

Take the pads out and clean the backs of them throughly. Degrease them
if needed and then coat the backs of them with Bendix disk brake quiet.
Don't reassemble them yet. Put them in a 200 degree oven for 5~10
minutes then turn the oven off and let them cool slowly in the oven.
When they are cold after baking on the compound, reassemble as normal.

If these are single piston calipers or dual piston with both pistons on
one side then you will need to clean the sliding surfaces then apply a
very light coat of hi-temp grease only to the sliding surfaces. I'm not
know these calipers so there might be some special way they slide...

In really tough cases you can fill the hollow of the caliper piston with
RTV silicone sealer and then let it cure before reassembling.

Tony

John

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Nov 5, 2009, 4:03:49 AM11/5/09
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Much obliged Tony, I,ll see if I can get some of the Bendix stuff and fall
back to silicon as a last resort
Cheers
John


Jan Andersson

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Nov 5, 2009, 7:29:45 AM11/5/09
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not adhesive, but silicone based grease made for brakes.
There are other products too. You can also spray the rotors with squeak
eliminating (hah) spray.

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