Squeeky Brakes...

[thebigfelly]

strange one for me first time in any car ive had this...

driving forward and applying the brakes either firmly/softly/gradualy at high speed ,low speed anything and there is no noise, no grinding of the pads indicating wear and no squeaks/screetching whatever you wana call it theres nothing at all, brakes seem to work fine if not rather well like brand new !!!!

now here lies the problem , when ever i reverse , even just applying the breaks slowly or fiirmly and theres the high pitch squeak/screetch like the sound you get when it indicates the pads are low and needing changed , but only happens when reversing

any ideas people, never had this before on any of my previous 4 cars accept when the pads ARE needing replaced and if happens when breaking going forwards aswel as reversing not just the one direction, again il say theres no sound ever when going forward AND BREAKS SEEM TIP TOP to make car stop on a dime , dunno what type of pads /discs are on the car though it is brembo calipers , with 17" wheels.

so why just the sound when i reverse and break....

thanks in advance for anyone with a clue or if someones had a similar issue

[C_WRX]

welcome to the squeaky brakes club !

I won't make a fool of myself trying to explain it but some do have it I believe - I've had it with my last two sets of pads. Nothings really wrong with the braking ability so don't panic, just a little embarassing when you park and folk look sympathetically at you.

[thebigfelly]

welcome to the squeaky brakes club !

I won't make a fool of myself trying to explain it but some do have it I believe - I've had it with my last two sets of pads. Nothings really wrong with the braking ability so don't panic, just a little embarassing when you park and folk look sympathetically at you.

aye ur tellin me , went to asda at the jewel in edinburgh , pulled up to space got the complimentry looks from a few people of OOOOH NICE , then they look away , i start to reverse into the space and just as i apply the breaks !!!! SCREEECH!!!!!!! heads imediatley turn in my direction and its a look of awww

so basicly the advice is , never reverse , never reverse park , infact my scoob wasnt made with a reverse gear , it was an optional extra at the factory

[C_WRX]

Had it a few times parking next to friends where they ask what's wrong with my brakes - I just reply with "it is one of the downsides of having upgraded performance brakes" - seems to keep them quiet with a changed expression of nearly being impressed .

It can be fixed I think, someone with more tech knowledge than me will explain soon enough. I've just left it as is.

[thebigfelly]

Had it a few times parking next to friends where they ask what's wrong with my brakes - I just reply with "it is one of the downsides of having upgraded performance brakes" - seems to keep them quiet with a changed expression of nearly being impressed .

It can be fixed I think, someone with more tech knowledge than me will explain soon enough. I've just left it as is.

hmmm , think i could go down the upgraded preformance breaks cause i like to reverse at high speed

[andyherd]

I have the same problem, thought maybe just a clean up with a wire brush and some copper grease might solve it but haven't tried it as yet

[terzo neil]

dont have that problem

got the radio up pretty loud, cant hear a thing

[Vauxhallgazz]

Can I join the squeaky reverse brakes club too ?

I am currently a memeber of the squeaky seatbelt club !

[thebigfelly]

dont have that problem

got the radio up pretty loud, cant hear a thing

you must have replaced your standard subaru radio/cd player.

mines starts to distort after the volume reaches 12 lol

[thebigfelly]

Can I join the squeaky reverse brakes club too ?

I am currently a memeber of the squeaky seatbelt club !

yeah got that tooo

[myles]

Easy fix for that, here -> Squeaky seatbelt fix

As for the brakes, I have this too, but my setup is a Godspped 335 mm upgrade. They are drilled and grooved, and as far as I remember there was a way the grooves were meant to face, on the car. I dont know if they were put on the other way they would squeak when braking going forwards(if you know what I mean!)

[thebigfelly]

ok foolwed the seat belt guide and it was super simple and in total if you took the time out that i used to take the pics it was a matter of a 3min job and wolla no more squeeking , and that is from me being a bit skittish about removing the interior of my car lol i used a safety blade plastic came of realy easy like putty not tough at all

this is a pic of the left and right pillars at the top, one of the left with the plastic bit removed and one on the right with it still attached you can just see the lip of the plastic infront of the circle bits in the middle

same pic from above , as again one on left plastic removed one on right before removed

close up of the bit of plastic to be removed

[maddogsx]

I stripped the handbrake assembly cleaned it all up and it's stopped mine squeaking!