Depending on the pads you have one the front, they could be semi-metallic, rear shoes are usually also.. They are known to squeak and squeal. With the rears, it could be the brake dust getting stuck in between the shoes and drum. With the rears, did they replace the shoes? Depending on how much brake fluid was leaking, it could have gotten absorbed into the shoes. Usually sanding the surface of the shoes will help clean them up. Same with the drums and rotors. You can take some sand paper (320grit should work) and just lightly sand the surfaces of the shoes, pads, drums and rotors. This should give the pads and shoes a dull look to them. It should take off some of the shinyness that the shoes and probably the rotors have.
Can you tell for sure where the noise is coming from? Is it a really high pitched squeal I run ceramic brake pads and have only done my rears once in the 106Kmiles (now has 207K) i've owned it.
I have a 98 Stratus with the 2.0l manual trans. Do you downshift when coming to a stop?
Last edited by stratusoutlaw; 06-11-2009 at 01:12 PM.
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