How do you fix squeaky rear drum brakes?
The squealing noise of high-metal brake pads can be helped by adding shims. Shims can be installed on the reverse side of your brake pads, alleviating the squealing noise. Avoid high-metal brake pads altogether by buying quality brake pads with more organic pad material such as resin, rubber, fiber, and the like.
Do rear drum brakes do anything?
A: Disc brakes stop the car better than drum brakes. However, for standard daily driving, having rear disc brakes does not give any significant advantage. Most of the stopping work is done by the front brakes anyway.
Why does my rear wheel squeak?
In most cases, a squeaking noise coming from a wheel is caused by worn out wheel bearings. This is common with a Porsche and many other European performance models around 50,000 miles. However, it could also be a warped brake rotor or simply an excessive amount of brake dust that simply needs to be cleaned off.
How do you replace disk brakes on a golf?
Take the 8mm allen socket and remove the two caliper carrier (pad carrier) bolts. These are tight, and sometimes, break. Use a top quality brand 8mm allen socket. Forget the wimpy “T” handle wrench. Make sure the 8mm socket is fully seated into the bolt. Tap it with a hammer, or use a small screwdriver to clean the allen bolt out.
Is there a DIY for rear drum brakes?
The Great MKIII Golf/Jetta Rear Drum Brake DIY. Ahh, drum brakes, the oldest of the old. The dirtiest of the dirt. Hated by most everyone for being over dirty, and hard to work with. With the help of this DIY you’ll be able to tackle your drum brake psychosis. A few words of warning:
Where are the rear calipers on a Mk4 Golf?
Be careful ordering alloy rear calipers. Some mount on the front side of the rear wheels and the handbrake cable routing does not work when these calipers are fitted to the rear of the wheel like in a mk2 or mk3 setup. I probably have calipers here MK209. (You must log in or sign up to reply here.)
Is there a way to unstick the handbrake on a golf?
3 nights using the handbrake with the handbrake fully on and the last few nights being freezing and so far no problems to report so seems to be doing the trick for the time being This is a quick modification i tried on my mk4 golf rear calipers to help unstick them as its a common problem in the cold!