some good pads come with shims .010 , .025 ........to compesate
for clearance that should take care of of squeeking and make sure
slides are lubricated and moove freely
"jogret" > wrote in message
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>I have a 99 Caravan, and I replace my pads (I used the cheapest pads I
> could get from Murray's) & turned my disks (within specs) last year.
> However, for the last 5 months, the brakes were squeeking and constantly
> made the sound of grinding (near the end of my stop). During that time I
> was constantly checking the surface of the disks and they were OK.
>
> Finally, I got tied of it and replace the pads with ceramic pads &
> replaced the disks with new ones. When replacing these, I noticed a small
> indentation forming on the caliper bracket, but didn't give it too much
> thought. I put the anit-squeek grease on the back of the pads and on the
> caliper bracket where the pads & caliper contact.
>
> After replacing the above, everything seemed great for about a week. Then
> we notice squeeking and then once in a while at the end of a hard brake, a
> grinding noise.
>
> Now I'm thinking of replacing the calipers, guide pins, and posssibly the
> caliper bracket (because of the indentation I saw). However, with the
> brackets at $350 for two wheels, I'm begining to think not to do it.
>
> Anyone with some ideas?
>