im a owner of a 1992 ford explorer and im having problems with my brakes. when i go to stop you can hear them squeek and the brake pads are eating away at the routers. i have changed everything and the problem is still happening. anyone here no what is the matter and what i can do to stop this problem. this is so pissing me off

-matt

 

sounds like something is getting between the pad and the rotor

 

Need new brake pads maybe?

Possibly warped rotor?

 

go with new pads and rotors if those get f'd up the its prolly the caliper let me knwo if you need help getting these parts work at a wholesale brake parts wharehouse called Brake Parts. i can get you a deal prolly and if your calipers turn out to be at fault i can get them rebuilt cheaply. pm me and give me more details as to what has been done and what the symptoms are now.

 

yeah i did get new rotors and pads and they got messed up too. so im gonna go i guess and check the calipers out. you might be right but i mean its only the front brakes the rear brakes are prefectly fine

 

It could be a lot of things. Someone who knows what to look for/at is going to have to diagnose the problem. It could be a caliper issue, it could be brake lines going bad, or even a master cylinder problem.

 

Did you bend the tabs in that hold the pads in place (not all brakes are like this, but some are)? If not, those are simply resting on the rotors and eating away at them.

 

Did you do the brakes the last time? Did you lube the caliper slide pins? I bet they're seized causing premature pad wear. It may also be a seized caliper but when you replaced the pads, you should've been able to tell if it was seized.

 

i am not the one who changed it all out. my brother did because he changed it out for my boss and i just bought the truck from my boss a week ago. so i dont really no what he did. so im going to check with him and find out what he did when he changed them out. he couldnt find the problem but ill tell him what yall said so we can try and fix the problem. but ill check and see if he did any of them things yall posted. thanks guys i will post tommrow


-Matt

 

Good luck, and take pics if possible, you never know what a hundred or so sets of eyes my catch!