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Old Feb 7, 2005
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break problems!! help

Hello everybody,
I just had Midas do my breaks-resurfacing my rotors and replacing the break pads. The breaks work break, but I'm encountering some problems that I would like to get your thoughts on. I'm going to take my car back to Midas to get it rechecked but I want to know what I'm dealing with.

When I turn my steering exremely to the right, I'm hearing weird noises. While moving forward turning right, I hear some sort of a faint squeal. When reversing with the steering wheel to the right, I hear a slight grinding. Also, it seems that my parking breake has tightened significantly.

Any idea what might be wrong?
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Originally Posted by GoBruin02
Hello everybody,
I just had Midas do my breaks-resurfacing my rotors and replacing the break pads. The breaks work break, but I'm encountering some problems that I would like to get your thoughts on. I'm going to take my car back to Midas to get it rechecked but I want to know what I'm dealing with.

When I turn my steering exremely to the right, I'm hearing weird noises. While moving forward turning right, I hear some sort of a faint squeal. When reversing with the steering wheel to the right, I hear a slight grinding. Also, it seems that my parking breake has tightened significantly.

Any idea what might be wrong?
well when turning, are you pressing the break? If so a slight noise is normal. An excessive break squeal, however is not normal. You said it is faint so that is normal. With the grinding, is it coming from the front or rear? In the front, it is the pads shifting around in the brackets. OEM fit loose.

Now your parking brake is normal. They adjusted it for you. Now it is tighter.
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well, the sound is a lot more than faint, and i'm pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with me pushing the breaks, I think that it has more to do with the movement of the rotor.
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Originally Posted by streetglower
well when turning, are you pressing the break? If so a slight noise is normal. An excessive break squeal, however is not normal. You said it is faint so that is normal. With the grinding, is it coming from the front or rear? In the front, it is the pads shifting around in the brackets. OEM fit loose.

Now your parking brake is normal. They adjusted it for you. Now it is tighter.
^^^ Like he said. It's normal. I have that noise as well when I had the rotor and pads replaced about 2 months ago. Till this day, I still have the noise. And I also tighten the ebrake as well.
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