Creepy Caliper Creaking

[US muscle]

Well I stored my mustang all winter considering I live in god awful Connecticut and all.. So I took the stang back out for the first time this year.. I've been drving it for about a week now and i have a *creeeeeeking* noise coming from the driver's side front caliper when the brake pedal is depressed about 1/2 to 3/4 and then when released. It occurs whether the rotor is moving or not and when i put my hand on the caliper as my dad pumped the brakes it felt like the back of the caliper (piston housing/stiff metal brake fluid line) was the part most intensly creeking (vibrating). I figured it just dried out so i greased the slides with caliper grease and all the spring contacts along with some antisqueel on the backing of my pads... no luck.. Any ideas?? maybe flushing the brake system.. Could have some moisture in there causing the caliper to squeek. it's pretty loud too btw you can easily hear it from 20 feet over the flow's ....

 

[hbk_136]

I used some sort of squeak gel/compound on my brakes, and it worked great! Have you tried it?

 

[hbk_136]

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[US muscle]

it's not coming from the brackets or backing plate on the pad.. the noise is coming from the back of the caliper...

 

[AtlanticGT]

I have a similar problem with my Chev Blazer and have yet to find a solution. Perhaps replacing the caliper is the only hope?

 

[Mustang5L5]

I'd bleed that one caliper and see if that helps.

If you question the caliper at all i'd replace it. Brakes are important.

 

[Acheron315]

couldn't it be from the springs of the floating caliper? They are located on the backside of the caliper and could be stiff and causing the noise. If this were the case then you could probably lube them or just replace the bracket, it would be a lot cheaper than a new caliper.

 

[US muscle]

There are clip type springs that hold the brake pads in place.. But i don't know of any other spring type devices on these calipers.. I don't believe the slides have springs in them ...