squeak squeak squeak

[vwdaun@yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- "Wm. Josiah Erikson" <scirocco@insanetechnology.com>
wrote:
> Hey kids,
> 	So this is silly that I have to ask this question, but
> I've never 
> run into it before:
> 	My Rabbit (exact same mechanical stuff that I'm talking
> about as a 
> Scirocco II) has an annoying problem. The front left
> brakes go 
> squeak-squeak-squeak in time with the rotation of the
> wheel as I drive 
> down the road. I just replaced the caliper and pads, and
> the (vented) 
> rotor is fairly new, but a little worn (much better than
> average). I 
> recently took it apart (took the caliper off, removed the
> pads) and lubed 
> everything up (the places where the caliper touches the
> pads). It didn't 
> help, at all. It still does the exact same thing. I can
> turn the wheel 
> around with the car up in the air and hear it - once per
> rotation, this 
> horrible incredibly high-pitched skreeeee! It's probably
> high enough that 
> some people with slight hearing damage couldn't even hear
> it. It's not the 
> brake sheild either - any ideas? I'm about ready to just
> get a new rotor, 
> new hub, new brake sheild :)
> But of course then it would still do it...
> 	-Josiah

I assume you still have the anti-rattle clips installed?


=====
Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'80 S, 81 S, '82, '85, & '88 Sciroccos
'82 Pickup
'90 Passat Wagon
"Never joke, taunt or dangle what might be seen as a challenge in front of the powers that be.  The universe is listening." - Lane Wallace

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