John:
It may be that the pads, calipers, or rotors are contaminated with dirt,
grease, or something else. You might want to thoroughly clean everything
with a brake cleaner/solvent before reassembling.
Good luck!
Walt Fogle
'69 TR6
Woodinville, WA
>
>List,
>My front brakes are squealing when I use the brakes. I removed the pads
>and the shims that I have are about .015" thick and half moon shaped
>with the half moon portion towards the front of the car. Also there is a
>arrow cut into the shim. Along with this shim there is a piece of .005
>alum. shim stock that was glued to the pad behind the half moon shim.
>The alum shim is all worn out where it contacted the piston.
>I have a anti-squeal kit that I got from TRF quite awhile ago that is
>the correct part# GISP2750, it has a rectangular shim that hangs from
>the pins and is .015 thick. This shim is about 1 1/2 " tall and covers
>about the top 4/5ths of the piston
>My question is do I use both the half moon shims along with the shim
>kit? Or do I just use the shim kit alone?
>By the way my calipers are marked 16BP.
>Thanks in advance
>John Uloth
>74 TR6
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