i have a 2003 ram 1500 4x4 i put brake pads on it a couple of days ago not beacause they were bad but because of them squealing they were only like 4 months old. well i put on thermo quiet pads and still they squeal the rotors were warped when i put pads on 4 months ago so i put new rotors on them then but this time i just put different pads on to try to help them from squealing. my question is if i got those power slot drilled rotors would that help the squeal to stop because its driving me crazy

 

When I do a brake job, I always:
Turn the Rotors (new or not)
Buy the cheapest Brake pads I can find.

This also means they are the softest material. Thus, wearing down the pads and not the rotor. The higher priced pads have metalic in them and wear the rotors down. Metal rubbing metal squeals and screams!

I recomend buying cheap pads and turning your rotors.

 

Try this next time...........Put a coating of high temp grease, or anti seize on the back side of the pads (between the pad, and caliper)
A lot of times, the squeal comes from the pad vibrating on the caliper itself, and not from the brake/rotor surface.

 

Like Joe said [sm=exactly.gif][sm=goodidea.gif]
My brakes were squeeling like a SOB yesterday. So, it gave me a kick in the pants to do a service on my truck.
I dropped the oil & filters etc and at the end checked out my brakes.
Rears are nearly shot, hence another post on this board from me.
However, I cleaned off all surfaces with a break dust solvent remover (smells wonderfull ha ha) and rubbed away any raised edges, that had formed on the outside edges of the rotas. Also, scrape off any dust you find running around the outsides of the brake pads.
Paint on some high temp grease as Joe said and hey presto, you should be good to go.
Good idea about the cheap soft pads Dyess5 . They should be the "sacrificial lamb" as they say, instead of the rota's.

 

Maybe it's just me... But the idea of putting GREASE in between the BRAKE PADS sounds pretty scary... Would that no reduce your ability to stop teh vehicle?

 

The grease goes behind the pad where it touches the caliper not on the rotor side. That is were the squeal comes from.

 

Yup...............only the surfaces away from the rota's ie the backs of the pads, need grease applied to them.
Should have explained myself a bit more thoughly.