General squeaky brakes when cornering - very anoying

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General squeaky brakes when cornering - very anoying

john55

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The brakes on my JTD Stilo MW (105K miles) squeak whenever I go around a corner at slow speeds in town. All 4 wheels seem to do it. Left side when turning right and right side when turning left. The front and rear ones have distinctly different notes, but both squeak. Very anoying, but at least I wont be running over any pedestrians as everyone stops and looks to see where this awful noise is coming from.
They dont squeek when braking or driving strait and pads are not worn out.

Anyone else had this?
 
I used to find a similar problem on the near side front wheel of our Stilo, which gradually got worse as a lip built up on the disc as it wore.

I remedied it by bend the plate slightly, but also taking the lip of the disc.
 
Had this squeak on the rears on mine. It was dirty slides on the caliper so the pads didnt always ease off. Remedy was to take out pads., clean slides and a bit of copper slip before reassembling. Ok afterwards.
I now ask for the pads to be removed each service. This is not on the service schedule so you have to pay extra but I think its worth it.
 
Had this squeak on the rears on mine. It was dirty slides on the caliper so the pads didnt always ease off. Remedy was to take out pads., clean slides and a bit of copper slip before reassembling. Ok afterwards.
I now ask for the pads to be removed each service. This is not on the service schedule so you have to pay extra but I think its worth it.

Very worth it, I regularly clean the calipers on my bikes, fair enough they are more liable to fouling up than the car ones, but you won't believe how quickly the become caked in crud.
 
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