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Old June 30th 09, 07:34 AM posted to uk.rec.cars.maintenance
Tony Brett[_2_]
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Default Fiesta 1998 brake squeak

On Jun 29, 8:19*pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote:

If it is from the rear brakes (get a friend to listen or apply the pedal)
then it is probably just the shoes where they touch against the backplate, a
tiny dab of copperslip grease at the rubbing points will cure it easily,
having accessed the shoes just pry a shoe away from the backplate just
enough to insert the tip of a small screwdriver with a tiny dab of grease on
the end at the rubbing points (which have a dimpled surface to retain
grease)


Ah - this sounds right. Further investigation shows that the squeak
doesn't happen when the handbrake is on so it does indeed sound like
it's the rear brakes. I'll try some copperslip.

Thanks,

Tony