Qucik brake question

[Natty]

Ok, so I just found out that my front rotors and pads look brand new. damn. I already bought some.
Anyways, they squeak. WHile I have my brakes apart, where can I put that anti-squeak lubricant? Where the pad meets the caliper? Where the caliper meets the rotor? Both pads?
Thanks,
Jeff

[uiuc240]

NOT where the caliper meets the rotor.  No stoppie.

Put it where the caliper touches the back of the pad.  Goop it up, but not too much that it's falling off on shit.  Should stop the squeaking.

Eric

[Natty]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (uiuc240 @ Aug. 05 2002,12:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">NOT where the caliper meets the rotor. No stoppie.

Put it where the caliper touches the back of the pad. Goop it up, but not too much that it's falling off on shit. Should stop the squeaking.

Eric</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Got it &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>
I had visions of me breaking in the pads with red good all over the rotors and not being able to stop. Another question, what is a shim? For each of the front calipers, there were two metal pieces/brakets that snap into the caliper and the pads snap into these. Are these the shims?
Oh, and what keep the pads from touching the rotor when the brakes are not applied? I reintalled the caliper with the piston all the way in and the new pads still had to be touching the rotor a bit. When I pump the brakes a few times, will they adjust them selves?
Thanks,
Jeff

[Natty]

Okay, some my old pads had no shims. That was casuing all that noise.
When I reinstalled them, guess what? I didn't use a shim becasue I never realized I needed one. So, is this going to keep my pad against the rotor and grind it into a pile of brake dust or is it just going to cause some squeaking?
I can order new shims, if they are needed.
Jeff

[240 2NR]

The shims are there to help quiet the pads. &nbsp;As far as I know you can run pads without shims without any problems other than noise. &nbsp;I usually put a little anti squeal between the shim and the pad (could this cause a poor pedal feel?) and they have always been quiet until they get really hot and then it's a property of the carbon in the pads I run.

Your pads will always touch the rotors, but if there is no pressure in the lines (you aren't using the brakes) then the piston is not pushing against he pad and it will only just barely rub/ touch. &nbsp;It's normal and will not chew through pads in week or something, it was doing it before.