Brakes Squeaking
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Brakes Squeaking
My moms GX 470 squeaks a lot at lower speeds and when pressing on the brakes. She's taken it to the repair shop twice, they said they tried replacing the brakes and they were still squeaking. It has to be something around the wheels cause thats where the sound is coming from. Wondering if any of you had this problem and solved it somehow?
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I fully agree with gsobol, the symptoms quoted, are when the brake pads are reaching its threshold, the shims give out this noise when applied, "The truck is crying, Please replace my pads" lol
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Would that also fix the rubbing type sound? On the driver side rear those breaks squeak really loud when pressing on the brakes, and on the passenger side rear breaks it sounds like its rubbing.
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You need to get it checked out quick because metal on metal brakes greatly reduces your braking ability and can be dangerous.
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Metal on metal scraping usually means that the 'wear indicators' noise (squeaking) was ignored for quite a while and now you are grinding/gouging the brake pads metal mount directly on the rotors. So if the grinding has been happening for a while, your rotors are probably shot and cannot be resurfaced. You are probably looking at new pads and new rotors (for the wheel making the grinding noise) when you take it in for a brake job which will be much more costly than just a regular brake job.
You need to get it checked out quick because metal on metal brakes greatly reduces your braking ability and can be dangerous.
You need to get it checked out quick because metal on metal brakes greatly reduces your braking ability and can be dangerous.
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It looks like seized pistons in calipers are common problem on GX trucks.
My service records are shoving replacement of both front calipers (godwill) at 89K miles.
Your mom should try a different repair shop if they could not diagnozed it right twice and get second opinion from other mechanic. Safety first!
My service records are shoving replacement of both front calipers (godwill) at 89K miles.
Your mom should try a different repair shop if they could not diagnozed it right twice and get second opinion from other mechanic. Safety first!
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