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      06-06-2012, 03:14 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Erhan View Post
Are those track pads? The reason for the squeal is that track pads have metal in them, so as your rotor. Metal on metal = squeal, unless you bed them in. But the problem is, even if you do proper bed-in, since the track pads are very abrasive at cold, they will remove all the pad deposit from the rotors, and you'll have metal on metal issue again.

ps: Sorry if I am stating the obvious.
Ha, yes I'm aware that track pads squeal. My 06's have always been squeaky but only when I apply pressure on the brakes. But last time around, even when I was NOT on the brakes, just coasting... it would squeal, and far louder than normal.
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