weird braking noise.

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panda24619

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when im cruising around my school parking lot around 5-25. after my exhaust tone has gone away i can hear this squeaking noise coming from the rear right wheel. i thought it was the bearing or something but when i press the brake peddle ever so softly and i mean im pressing it enough for the lights to turn on but the brakes not to slow me down it goes away. so when i let go the squeaking happens again and so on. its more annoying then anything. also embarrassing. bad enough my bushing have gone bad in the rear too. so what can this be? ive checked my caliper and roder and nothing. pads are still great. about 1/2 inch each side. maybe not that much but i didnt measure. they dont need to be replaced though. no scratches on the roder. what is it?
 

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i think its your brake indicator,,,,you need pads soon, there probably low on inside pads.
theres a little metal thingy...kinda curved near or on pads not sure...but is those things that touch rotor on certain area when pads get so so...squeeky sound...not load but enough to hear.
take tire off....look for it....if im right...you might be able to gettem off,the little iidicator,its rivited on...i would change pads thou.
 

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You know my dads explorer is doing this but its a moan. So we took the rears apart and they are still super thick even after 90,000 miles. Sprayed that sticky spray on the pads thinking it would stop the moan but its still there. Now im thinking its the front pads doing this as we only hear it inside driving. So who knows until I check the front
 
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i took the wheel off and saw plenty of pad. i took the caliper off and the rotor has no groves or anything on it. i might just take it to my old high school and machine it just to see. but its weird. it only dose it at slow speed. and its not a moan its like a squeak squeak squeak etc. then it goes away at higher speed i think. i cant hear it cause of wind noise. but its just weird.
 
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