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Brake pad wear

Old Nov 1, 2005 | 10:40 AM
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Brake pad wear

Anybody ever heard of the rear pads wearing out faster than the front pads on the trucks with 4 wheel discs? My squeak is still there and it's driving me nuts!

I put the front on stands and turned the wheels, no squeak. Nonetheless, I replaced the front pads, which were about 2/3 worn on the inside pad on both sides, about 1/2 on the outside pad. I slathered brake parts lube everywhere that seemed like it might contribute to a noise. I went with fronts first, assuming that they pretty much always wear faster, and the advice seemed to indicate that the squeak of the warning device would go away when the brakes were applied, which is still what happens.

If I check and the rear pads are not worn out, what on earth else could the squeak be? I'm at a complete loss, so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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I'm not sure if it helps or not since I aways use anti squeak goop on all pad backs before installation, but I don't get squeaks.
Won't hurt to try it.
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 06:35 PM
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Squeak could be contributed to either brake dust and or glazed rotors. A couple things you can do:
-Brake dust-clean the wheels, wash
-Glazed rotors-de glaze rotors with steel wool, emery cloth, or scuff wheel, If you don't want to remove the wheels, do a couple of panic stop. When your by yourself and nobody is around, get the truck up to 25-35mph and hit the brake hard a couple of time and this will also knock the glazing off of the rotors. Providing the brake pads are still good.
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by infidel
I'm not sure if it helps or not since I aways use anti squeak goop on all pad backs before installation, but I don't get squeaks.
Won't hurt to try it.
I put a pretty good amount of it on the backs of the pads and on the springs that hold the pads in place. Also lubed the caliper slide bolts. Torqued everything back to FSM specs.

The squeak comes and goes, just to make things harder to figure out. Ten minutes before I posted, it was squeaking when I came in the garage and parked. Thirty minutes later when I left, it wasn't squeaking.

What's driving me craziest is that I can't figure out where it's coming from in order to start figuring out what's causing it. I guess I need to pull the rears and see if they're worn out or if there's something stuck in there, maybe.
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