Brakes are important. We know this. If it weren't for brakes our cars would all look much different-our pretty front ends would be smashed and our driveways would be all sand and look like those runaway semi-truck emergency lanes you see on the side of the 15 to slow us down.
The question, then, is why do brakes have to be so obnoxious? Why do they need to squeek and squel? Why is it that you can replace your brake pads only to have that same annoying noise creep up at every light?
The answer is that you don't. Your ears can enjoy the relative peace and quiet of whatever music you are playing too loudly in the car without being interuppted by fingers on a chalkboard.
The noise that your brakes are making are a result of harmonic vibration (a fancy way of saying-sound. All sounds are vibrations). The specific harmonic vibration that we are looking at is the result of applying a brake pad to a spinning rotor-an incorrectly finished spinning rotor.
To get rid of the vibrations, you need a properly finished rotor. Luckily its easier than it sounds. All you need is a Brush Research Flex-Hone for Rotors. Andrew Markel at BRAKE AND FRONT END ordered one and found that spinning it slowly is the best way.
Our friends to the north can also now get this tool.
For a longer discussion of getting those brakes quiet, have a read over here.
The question, then, is why do brakes have to be so obnoxious? Why do they need to squeek and squel? Why is it that you can replace your brake pads only to have that same annoying noise creep up at every light?
The answer is that you don't. Your ears can enjoy the relative peace and quiet of whatever music you are playing too loudly in the car without being interuppted by fingers on a chalkboard.
The noise that your brakes are making are a result of harmonic vibration (a fancy way of saying-sound. All sounds are vibrations). The specific harmonic vibration that we are looking at is the result of applying a brake pad to a spinning rotor-an incorrectly finished spinning rotor.
To get rid of the vibrations, you need a properly finished rotor. Luckily its easier than it sounds. All you need is a Brush Research Flex-Hone for Rotors. Andrew Markel at BRAKE AND FRONT END ordered one and found that spinning it slowly is the best way.
Our friends to the north can also now get this tool.
For a longer discussion of getting those brakes quiet, have a read over here.
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