Alexb

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So i went to autozone today to get some brake caliper paint because I planned on doing that over the break. I saw some of this stuff for like $3 and figured what the hell, because my brakes have been squealing recently.

I read the instuctions... but I don't quite understand them, as I have no knowledge of brakes.

Heres what they say, maybe one of you guys can help clarify:

Remove brakes pads... blah blah.. then it says spray evenly onto the steel back of each outboard and inboard pad. Do not apply to rotors, lining, side of pad that touches rotors, or any moving parts.

Basically, what is the outboard and inboard?

thanks for any help you can give!

StealthTL

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Outboard just means the pad on the 'outer' side of the disc, inboard is the 'inny'

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expo1

I also wouldn't expect much from that anti squeal stuff either.

Alexb

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Well from my google image search.. haha... it tells me the brake "disc" is the piece that touches the pad... in which you are not supposed to apply this stuff to. So... I am still unclear...

Alexb

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oh wait. So in that picture the two parts are back to back and you put it in there? like sandwhich the stuff almost?

Ya, I don't really expect much, it was $3... haha but it's worth a try..

WantedTwo

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Basically they are telling you to spray it on the back of the pad only. The back of the pad is the part that actually touches the caliper, not the brake rotor (the big round hunk of metal) and to spray the backs of each pad (two per caliper)

justjim

The rotor or disc is the large round rotating chunk of cast iron. The pads, one on either side of the rotor squeeze the rotor like the hand brakes on a bicycle. The pads have a steel plate on the back side, the side that does not touch the rotor. This steel plate lays against a piston on the inner (closest to the center of the car) of the 2 pads and against the caliper bracket on the outer side. Squealing is generated on the backs of the pads not at the rotor face. Throw out the stuff you bought and go back to the auto parts store and get some synthetic high temperature brake grease which comes in a tube and is black. Put the grease on the backs of the pads on the steel plate and also the top and bottom of the steel plate where it sits in the pad holders. Do not get any on the parts of the pad that touch the rotor or on the rotor face. If you do clean the rotor face with spray brake cleaner.

You may find that the steel plate on the back of the pads has 1 or 2 "shims" which are thin metal plates. Make sure to put them back and lube in between them and the steel plate and on the outside of the shim. The shims are there to reduce noise also.