I think I scorched my front break pads. I have done it before and it sounds the same. Under light break pressure there is no noise. Under medium pressure the sound like $hit. Under heavy pressure its not as bad. I think it happend when I was washing the dryed mud off of my wheels. I notices some steam coming from my front breaks. Could this that have done it? The pads are about 1yr old and have a little over 11,000 miles on them.

 

Just take some sandpaper after them and the rotors, and they'll probably be fine. Just get the glazed layer off and the sanded rotors will bed them in again.

 

so yr telling me to sand down the pads and rotors? I can see on the rotors that there is some diff colors.

 

I would say go and have the rotors turned (oriely's does it for free) and possibly install new pads. Preferably ones with a lifetime warranty.
Just to be on the safe side.

 

water doesn't hurt them. you run through puddles all the time in the rain.
what kind of noise are you getting ? squealing or what ?

i'd just drive around and use them normal and see if it clears up.

 

Yea it a squealing pretty good. When I washed the truck steam was coming from the break area so thats why I think its them. And I think it my need new U joints agin they where just put on the 4/8/09 I have a click sound agin from the front. The guy who dose the work on my truck said the ball joint are in good shape.

 

Its loud as hell.

 

remove tire, then brake pad retainer clips. (very easy job) pull the pads out and see what they look like. check to see if the built in squealer tabs are dragging. these are the wear out indicators.

where did the pads come from ? a lot of places like autozone have lifetime warranty, so you just replace them.

on my daughter's 4runner, the autozone pads were just a tad too tall, and drug on the hub, making a horrible sound. i had to grind off a bit on the bottom.

 

My mechanic put them on last time when I did it. I still have the old set so I know what it looks like. He said I was lucky I almost had to buy new rotors. I have no clue where he got them from. I don't do very much work on my truck unless I know what I'm doing.

 

I agree 100%.