Brakes Squeek When Depressed

whitedaze · 03-22-2004

The brakes on my 2003 LX have started making squeeking noise when I depress the brake pedal only. This happens while braking while the car is parked or moving. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing it?

I haven't had a chance to go into further investigation yet. I was just wondering if anyone has experience this issue or knows what it could be.

Thanks for any insight.

Chris

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Aohan815 · 06-17-2004

i have the exact same problem any one have any ideas?

zen_master · 06-17-2004

http://7thgencivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159319

im having the problem with the rear brake though...

hopefully, changing it will remove the squake/streching/pulling/*ppprrrtt* noises...

Aohan815 · 06-18-2004

yea the rear brake thats what im talkin bout....zen im gonna do the same...replace the rears wd-40 some of the springs and rusted stuff and get some ATF brake fluid....to a nice bleedin job and see if the spongy feeling is gone from my brake pedal and the squeeking stops. i have a lot of pedal travel....dunno why....gonna try bleedin the brakes and see what happens....maybe it will help...i have to press them significantly far down till they grab, but when they do finally grab its a good strong grab, still i dont like a lot of pedal travel.

streetglower · 06-18-2004

if you have alot of pedal travel, then there is air in your lines. or possibly you have a caliper piston that needs rebuilding. Sometimes if one doesnt work, then only one brake is doing the work.

zen_master · 06-21-2004

guys!

dammnit, im gonna give some VERY BAD review on Bendix rear shoe...

i changed mine yesterday....and guess what? f*ck*ng bendix rear shoe made such a big problem..

the problem is that the pad wasn't made "generously" such that the surface was too thick and wavey....what i mean with wavey is that the surface wasn't equal in shape.....bump there...bump here.....

so? what's the huge problem? i can't close my rear drum!!! the pad was too un-even.....crap! so....my mechanic "shave" my rear drum and the new pad with his "sand-paper-buffer-machine" thingie......until they fit.....

my poor mechanic got to sniff around with those asbes powder...

anyway, the damn thing is that the "stretching" noise when i push my brake pedal while idling still there....on the rear drum...actually, it's gone until i reach my house....and....it's there again..

this "stretching" noise appears when u press the brake pedal a bit harder than what u suppose to do....you know what i mean? and....also, if you use the hand brake...and then, push the brake pedal again...

is this normal??? we actually clean the drum.......and everything.....

problem with the cable?

tacheon · 06-22-2004

I'd be inclined to believe your mechanic is doing somethign wrong here. The only reason a drum won't fit is if it is assembled incorrectly. If a spring is reversed, it will rub on to something it shouldn't and create the stretching noise. If the pad was defective, it shouldn't have been used in the first place. You do not shave down friction material on a new brake pad. That defeats the purpose of getting a brake job done in the first place. There is a star wheel that needs to be backed off before the drum is replaced. That was probably causing it not to fit when the new shoes were put in.

zen_master · 06-22-2004

hm!!

well...

i watched him carefully.....

i don't think he assembled them incorrectly.....cos' i was just beside him..

how, im pretty sure that the bendix brake's surface doesn't exactly have same surface.....

well, we thought that the pad's good...that's why we put them in.....all springs are inserted correctly....we actually take a look on the other side that was not done in order to make sure that the spring were inserted correctly...

star wheel?? what is that? can you explain further?

i saw him taking out that adjuster....

tacheon · 06-22-2004

Yes. The adjuster has a star wheel on it. It needs to be returned to the closed position. If this isn't done, the new brake shoes won't fit.

zen_master · 06-22-2004

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...prddisplay.jsp

u mean number 16, 17 and 18, right?

what do u mean by "closed position"?

as far i remember, he turned that thing....clockwise or something.....so it's on shortest position..

zen_master · 06-22-2004

ALSO, from spring number 21, 8, and 7..

which one might defect?

is it possible that Cylinder Assy, number 9 and 10 make squeking noises?

tacheon · 06-22-2004

Okay. Yes. It sounds like he set the adjuster properly. That's a dead link. I don't think the springs are defective.

zen_master · 06-22-2004

oh well...it's working perfectly now though..

probably...............3 months from now....i'll go to my mechanic again....and bring a whole set OEM from Majestic.....

i wanna change my front pad too, actualy....with AEM Nissin pad.....that's a later story though...

i think im gonna put the OEM parts on my rear brake....and change my drum too....cos' he actually paper sand the drum and use that buffer thing too...in order to remove the warps...

tacheon · 06-22-2004

Good grief. OEM is tested to work with your car. It may cost a bit more, but they work well. Your drums can be measured for their minimum diameter. If they're within specs, you can just have them turned on a lathe to even them out. I don't know of any licensed mechanic who would attack a brake drum and shoes with a sander just to make them fit. I'd find a reputable mechanic if I were you.

zen_master · 06-23-2004

yeah...

it was pretty ugly back then....

anyway, i think im gonna change the whole set, drum + shoes with the OEM from majestic..

probably few months from now....

the $$$ for neuspeed strut bar..............*sigh*