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mustang99slvrV6

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Hey guys...I need some help...I was helping my friend change his pads and rotors on the front of his 2000 cougar and when we got everything finished there is a grinding noise when he applies the brakes. Please no jokes about the pads being in backwards lol. I was thinking maybe we didnt get the protective coating off of the rotor? not really sure...Also there is a high pitched squeeking coming from the back driver side wheel...any suggestions there??? I read another post about flash rusting could that be it?? not real sure. Brakes arent my thing, I would appreciate some help. Thanks
 

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to the best of my knowledge i figure there might be a high spot on the pad. when my dad changes his brakes he sometimes has to file them a bit. i also know that you can buy brake anti-squeak stuff.



p.s. i have a silver V6, too.
 

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well, u have to break them in a bit, unless its been a while? as you see, there are grooves in the rotors, caused by average use, (think vinyl record), and your old brakes were form-fitted to them, and now ure new ones are not, so u have to do some heavy braking to get them to fit into the grooves again (more surface area, more braking) i believe that would cause some minor squeking, but if its been a while, just go back, take them off, and re install... sometimes you will find you had something silly go wrong =P
 

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what brakes are they? I heard Hawk pads like to do that.
 

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he put new rotors on it as well, i am going to guess that maybe one of the pistons on the caliper is in a bind and only one is pushing the bad at and angle instead of flat. just a wild guess, there is not to much that can go wrong when the rotors and the pads are new
 
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