creaking noise while braking

[cardude007617]

is this harmful? like can i let it go for awhile without any problems?

[williamGT]

I just worked on my brakes today, I lube everything pins seals caliper and behind the pads. no more creaking

[Quaf069]

Kluber Fluid. I had the same problem. Its like $5 a bottle. I couldnt find it at any of the local stores. I ordered it at GM Parts Direct.

It looks like a nasal spray bottle, but is only filled like 1/4 way up with. Take a q-tip and apply it under the rubber boot of the piston on the caliper. Try to get it as far up and around as your can. You'll probably need a few q-tips.

You might not hear a difference right away, but give it a day or two and you won't hear anything. I did mine like a year ago and no more creaky sound.

Hope it helps

Quaf

[CUSTOMGAGT2000SEDAN]

Quaf069.. Thanks For Q-tip ...tip

[CUSTOMGAGT2000SEDAN]

Did Mine Today . Remember My Creaking Is In The Rear Disc Rotors. I Threw A Ton Of Lube In There From Gm. Still Had A Smig Left.... I Only Drove It Around Trailer Park And Then A Mile Or 2 Up Strett . Brought It Back Still Creaking ... I Hope It Goes Away With More Driving . What I Pain In The Butt Doing It .

[gectek]

ok is it more of a rotational creaking or a steady sound...sounds like maybe a warped or unparallel rotor maybe, or a bent hub assy

[CUSTOMGAGT2000SEDAN]

I ONLY HERE IT AT A CREAMPING SLOW DRIVE . AS I AM BRAKING VERY LOUD CREEKING. WOULD NOT THINK IT WOULD BE A BENT HUB ASSEMBLY . ASPECIALLY WITH THE EXTREMELY LOW MILEAGE ON THE CAR EACH YEAR STILL AT 74,000 KLMS.

NO PROBLEM WHEN IT WENT INTO STORAGE , THEN IT APEARS VERY QUICKLY JUST AFTER COMING OUT . PUT SOME MILES GOING THE VALLEY 45 MINTUTE DRIVE UP AND THEN 1/2 HOUR BACK and drove around up there a bit .

WARPPED ROTOR , COMMON BUT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BACK. i am guesssing that before the creaking came along , and as soon as very day possibliy , it came out of storage i had a sound like it was a rusty rotors scraping sound. a brake mechanic here took screw driver to gentley prie brake pads away from rotor .

then we rotated rotor. still heard scraping. so ruled out calpiers or pads causing that rusty scraping sound. he said emergency brake was adjusted at some point a wee bit too tight, and were i do not use it much it seated it self in just a bit .

he suggested hold buton in on emergency handle a pull it up and down a few times to try to break that seated area and maybe loosen it up just enough.... it got rid of MOST not all of the niose.

then a few days later we did the valley trip.

did not pay attention to any nioses while going to and coming back from valley.

then car sat a few days in a lot of rain cool days. then when i drove it again a heard the creaking niose . other folks here say that the scraping sound and what little we did with the scraping , has nothing to do with the creaking it was just going to come along.

[CUSTOMGAGT2000SEDAN]

i did that plus used a q-tip to apply it to the inside of the boot. now have driven it a bit not alot and not steady . but still have same sound. rear rotors , pads , piston and seal all look great . i use a bottle of the kluber on each side turns out that is quite alot of lube for the job per side. now i added nickle anti seize to the thread part of the slider bolts .

i did not put type of lube on to the longer thinner smooth barrel shpe part of the slider bolts that sit or slide into those small ridged shape protection boots. reason i did not lube that part or end of the sliders , is because there was no lube apartly on them when i took them out . that is the only thing i can think of my self they may need lube.

the sliders and for that the calipers made no noise when i assembled everything back to gether then by hand mover the calipers inward and outward.

different that the pads when i filp up and out of the way the calipers stay on the rotors. . but never touched them to take them off the rotors either.

i wounder if i again jack it up on each rear corner at a time take each wheel at a time and apply the brakes gentily and slowly ( same as when i hear it when driving ) as someone rototes the rotor by hand has i gentlely apply the backs will help me here the noise and pin point it then.

on these 2000 gagt 's rear disc brakes ,do you put any grease or other on the back of the pads the part that does not contact the rotor. i ask because i have seen mechanics do that to other cars at times .

i would hate to have to get rid of brake parts that have lots of life left in them if it is only a noise problem. loud noise creaking mind you. my self i would love to just spray some kind of lube all over the brakes . but i hear that is not a good idea. do not hear the creaking on hard braking or higher speed braking. do not hear it up front where they are known to creak , done that been there. have to be slowly 10 klms give or take a bit and hold pedal down gently and gradually . not pumping it .

[gectek]

you service the rears just like the front, and also put some lube on the pins, they need it. that is a cause of the noise right there as well, if you dont lube them they can either break or sieze in the bore, either leaving you with no brakes, or brakes that wont disengage. do that asap...

hey i noticed the brake topics are up and i was wondering if anyone knows where i can get a gt rear disc conversion for my 2000 se

[williamGT]

Originally Posted by blazerk5drew

hey i noticed the brake topics are up and i was wondering if anyone knows where i can get a gt rear disc conversion for my 2000 se

search. and welcome to the site.
SE to GT Rear Disc Conversion

[timka86]

Originally Posted by CUSTOMGAGT2000SEDAN

i did that plus used a q-tip to apply it to the inside of the boot. now have driven it a bit not alot and not steady . but still have same sound. rear rotors , pads , piston and seal all look great . i use a bottle of the kluber on each side turns out that is quite alot of lube for the job per side. now i added nickle anti seize to the thread part of the slider bolts .

i did not put type of lube on to the longer thinner smooth barrel shpe part of the slider bolts that sit or slide into those small ridged shape protection boots. reason i did not lube that part or end of the sliders , is because there was no lube apartly on them when i took them out . that is the only thing i can think of my self they may need lube.

the sliders and for that the calipers made no noise when i assembled everything back to gether then by hand mover the calipers inward and outward.

different that the pads when i filp up and out of the way the calipers stay on the rotors. . but never touched them to take them off the rotors either.

i wounder if i again jack it up on each rear corner at a time take each wheel at a time and apply the brakes gentily and slowly ( same as when i hear it when driving ) as someone rototes the rotor by hand has i gentlely apply the backs will help me here the noise and pin point it then.

on these 2000 gagt 's rear disc brakes ,do you put any grease or other on the back of the pads the part that does not contact the rotor. i ask because i have seen mechanics do that to other cars at times .

i would hate to have to get rid of brake parts that have lots of life left in them if it is only a noise problem. loud noise creaking mind you. my self i would love to just spray some kind of lube all over the brakes . but i hear that is not a good idea. do not hear the creaking on hard braking or higher speed braking. do not hear it up front where they are known to creak , done that been there. have to be slowly 10 klms give or take a bit and hold pedal down gently and gradually . not pumping it .

I have that same thing too. Where do/did you get your brake pads and rotors?

It's just crappy pads/rotors. It pays to pay more for the "quiet" pads and higher quality rotors. Nothing you grease will fix this, unless you wanna grease the surface between the rotor and pad ( don't try it).

I bought the lifetime warranty pads for 20$ at murrays. they last me about a year and i never have to pay again.

You can go with the higher quality 50-60$ pads, with only a 2 year warranty, and they will most likely last the two years, or they may not ( have not tried it) so you may end up paying another 50-60$.

Unless your steering wheel vibrates when you brake, that's your problem.

[CUSTOMGAGT2000SEDAN]

well i RE-lubed them again yesturday . with lp lube + kluber + permatex lube . i put it on the back of the pads / slides which i did not do last time ... and then of course put it on and under the piston boot.

took it for the same time and distance driving which would normally allow me to hear the noise . but so far no niose . is it truely gone ( only ) more driving aspecially in hot weather i figure will tell. is it gone for a while or for good ???

PS: only one guy that i know of , in all the brake creaking noise thing , mention grease on the back of the pads or on the 2 c shape ends of / opposite side of caliper from the piston that make contact with the pads . thanks

[CUSTOMGAGT2000SEDAN]

seems to be gone . hopefully til the brakes ware down til they needed to replaced.