Thomas Schuster, vehicle expert at the KÜS expert organization, provides the answers: "The unpleasant noise can have various causes, but there is usually no acute danger. Disc brakes in particular are ...

Question: What makes brakes squeak? Why do some brakes give off so much dust on hubcaps and others do not? Answer: The brakes on your car allow you to defy Newton’s First Law of Motion at every red ...

Permatex announced it offers Permatex Silicone Ceramic Extreme Brake Parts Lubricant to prevent disc brake squeal and chatter while protecting caliper pins, sleeves, bushings, and pistons against ...

A major increase in damping capacity of pearlitic gray iron for brake discs has been obtained by modification of chemical composition. Car tests indicate that sufficient disc damping can be obtained ...

A The reader writes that the rear brakes squeal on his 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D. He’s had the rotors resurfaced with non-metallic brake pads and an anti-squeal product applied to the pads’ backs. The ...

Reducing disk brake squeal, especially low frequency disk brake squeal (1-5kHz), is an important technical issue in vehicles. The disk brake squeal mechanism has been shown in many papers (1)-(9).

Among the reasons someone might want to avoid passing a semi-truck is to steer clear of that harsh piercing screech it makes when slowing down. That sound is referred to as brake squeal, and although ...

I HAVE written to Ford boss Tom Gorman expressing disappointment with his company's inability or lack of commitment to solve a brake problem in my BA Falcon. I bought the car new in 2003 and noticed ...