Ok thanks man ill look into itcheck your break fluid reservoir above the brake booster to see if you're losing fluid, but it doesn't sound like you're losing fluid.
Wheels being seized on the hubs is pretty normal from my experience- the hubs get rusty and the wheels just sort of want to stick to them, happens to me sometimes.
If you use a c-clamp to depress the rear calipers on a p5/ES you'll ruin the caliper. The pistons need to be retracted by removing a bolt on the back of the caliper that's covering a gear that you stick an allen wrench in, and turning it (counter clockwise?) will retract the piston.
I did the allen wrench thing... then i scrapped my calipers/rotors and put the full set up from a 2007 mazda6 on my car... which is awesome, but when i put the new set up on the rear rotors rubbed the pads for a while and made a bit of a ringing sound while driving. It went away after a while, so maybe you're will too.
I'm pretty tired right now and i'm sure i could have worded that better, but you can search around for the stuff i mentioned (ruined caliper after c-clamp... normal noise after changing pads/calipers... that wheel being stuck thing) and you'll probably find some guy who wasn't as tired as me answering some other guy's problem eh?
now: me sleepy.
I don't have a fix for the squeaking brakes but to prevent the wheels from sticking to the hub from the hub rusting, apply a little anti seize to the face of the hub. Don't over do it, just a light coating on the hub and maybe on the mating face on the back of the wheel. I do it whenever I switch my winter/summer tires over and they never get stuck. Just don't get anti seize on the lugs.
Thanks north42G i did install new brake pads but there's this stupid Allen Key screw in the back of the Caliper that contracts back and forth to move the caliper piston up and down in order to install new brake pads, now my question is this is it possible that the Allen screw is screwed in to tight causing a Squeaking noise to occur? How tight does the Allen Screw have to be ? Is it the same lefty loosey righty tighty method? Because my Allen screw just falls right out =-((pukey)News Brake Pads installed into old/used Brake Rotors will cause your brakes to squeal...definately.
Did you adjust the park brakes?
Are you saying that the E-break cable has a gear on the end of it that you can self adjust ? or are you talking about that Allen key screw that adjust the caliper piston back and forth?The screw has a gear on the end of it, too tight will cause them to warp and may squeal. Turn it in till the pads grip the rotor when you spin in then back it out 1/3 of a turn.
Leave the ebrake down when doing this
I think its my rear rotors there's a lip on the outside so the new break pads that i put on there are causing a ringing noise to happenWhat exactly is squeaking? Is it over bumps, when you hit the brakes? If its all the time does it stop when you do certain things?
Are you saying that the E-break cable has a gear on the end of it that you can self adjust ? or are you talking about that Allen key screw that adjust the caliper piston back and forth?
Thanks man yeah i did jack the car up as of right now i dont think its the E-break cable its definitely the outer Rotor lip ringing against the new padsJack the rear wheels up and make sure you release the e-brake, spin each wheel manually and see if you can locate the source of the squeeling.
Thanks again yeah i figured it wasThe little Allen screw in the caliper...
