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Re: More on squeeling brakes


Maybe this swirling is needed on some of these newer cars.  The squealing could 
be a side effect of the pad and caliper design that promotes a harmonic.  ???

Just a WAG (wild-ass guess).
     Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L
     Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

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Subject: More on squeeling brakes
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    12/3/97 5:25 PM

Well, I hate to buck the tide (not), but, I went to a tune-up shop
here in Atlanta today to get my oil changed and the mechanic in the
bay next to me was doing a brake job on late model F*rd.

He had just got the front rotors back from getting them turned and
was using an air drill with a tool attached on the faces of the
rotors. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was "swirling"
them to keep the pads from squeeling... 


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