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e.g. busses, garbage trucks, etc are very squealy when they brake. Is this due to their use of air brakes, or apathetic maintenance, or something else?

e.g. busses, garbage trucks, etc are very squealy when they brake. Is this due to their use of air brakes, or apathetic maintenance, or something else?

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[–] [deleted] 4 pts

apathetic maintenance

This. and only this. Old break pads will squeak, by design. They have a "acoustic brake pad wear indicator"which will squeal when the bads are worn down enough.

The rest of the noise comes from the pathological inability of companies to regularly maintain their vehicles.

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Brakes squeal due to resonance between the rotor and pad. New Porsches have squealing brakes because of this.

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The bigger the brakes the bigger the squeak.

Sports cars and buses have big brakes.

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Is that function of the size or function of them using carbon fiber?

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Idk , the company I work for is extremely good at pm , and when drivers write something up it gets fixed quickly or is taken out of service

Some squealing/ squeezing is normal , but not constant , every time the brakes are employed.

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Brake dust can cause asymmetry in light brake application. But generally the brake chatter bars are the point of origin. They are designed to "chatter", which usually turns into a squeal if ignored. Hearing this means the manufacturer has deemed the brake pads worthy of replacement immediately or in the near future.

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Disc brakes can squeal even if they're brand new. There are ways to fix it, but noise alone is not necessarily an indicator they need to be replaced or that they're not working. It's just annoying.

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Probably because those companies are forced to use "eco-friendly" brake pads, shoes, to "save the environment".

Everything is about perpetuating the eco-terrorists agenda.

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They're probably using metallic brake pads to increase durability, but they squeak quite a bit. They also eat up the drum or rotor much faster.

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Hi-carbon rotors and semi-organic pads for the win!

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It costs a lot to replace pads/shoes/etc, then there's also the downtime

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Optimized for stopping 2-3+ times the amount of weight over "comfort".

You don't realize how amazing brakes on personal vehicles are until you drive some sort of loaded work truck. Hell, even a large van. Pretty damn scary the first time you overheat the brakes on a work truck.

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stupid carquest lifetime brakepads (semimetallic). they may last a lifetime, but they squeak after a year.