ok. i have a problem. my evo 9 that i just bought 5 months ago was making a really high screech everytime when i brake. i finally got some new hawks brake pads for f n r, lubbed it up, and installed them in properly! i took it on a test drive and it brakes really really awesome!. the only problem is that its still making that sound. on top of that, my old brakes still had at least 70% of life left? anybody have any idea what is going on or what it could be? one more thing. is the brake rotor suppose to be like loose? bc when i was changing my brakes. my front right brake rotor was loose. any idea why? C

 

I had the same problem with the squeaking. Turned the rotors and it went away.

 

what do you mean by turning the rotor and how far do you turn it?

 

By turning he means resurfacing the rotor.

 

do the rotors have a lip on the outter edge. if so, that may be causing the noise. Hawks are also known to be noisy. but resurface the rotors as it will help.

 

resurface the rotor, then re-do the bed-in procedure for the hawk pads, should make most of the noise go away. But yes, Hawk pads can be kinda noisy.

 

Turn it 45.764 degrees and re-install the pads.

You might also want to make sure you have the shims on the back of the pad. I know that helped tremendously on my Ferodo pads.

 

The rotors should be loose. They are held on by the lug nuts.

I hope you kept those OEM pads with 70% meat left. I'd suggest you throw those back on. Do some searching on here on how to solve the noise problem.

 

shim would help alot in reducing the noise when applying brake...

 

yea resurface rotors. but when i had hawks on my maxima they only squeaked when i got on em

 

Dont turn the rotors!

 

You can turn the rotors. Have you tried sanding the rotor surface? If mirrored it can produce that noise. Get 120-180 grit and rough up the surface. Then reinstall and re-bed the brakes.

And yes, they will be loose with the wheel off - the lugnuts also hold down the rotor.

 

I don't remember just the wheel holding the rotor on. I seem to recall some large counter sunk allen head bolts through the hat?

 

The stock rotors are held on by the wheel (i.e., lug nuts), and, to a lesser degree the caliper/pads. The rear rotor has a small hole in it, which can be used to thread a screw through to break it loose, if necessary.

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I have been running Hawk + (famous for being looud)
which is a very aggressive street pad
with no screeching,
i think due to proper (****) bedding procedures outlined on StopTech's site