I cannot keep rocks from flying off of the tires and falling down and resting against the rotors. This creates a constant squeal. Does anyone have any ideas on how to remedy this?

83 300SD

Slow down a little as you enter the gravel yard!

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Or speed up

Once in a blue moon I will get a piece of gravel there against the rotor.

Are your backing plates in good working order and present?

I drive on gravel, but not allot, and have never had that problem, I would think it might tent to get you wondering "whats comen apart"

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

first time that happened it scared the living crap out of me.

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1981 300sd w/ 341,500 miles

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I don't hink I have any backing plates. Can anyone describe them. All that is present are the pads and the caliper pushes directly on the pad itself. On other brake assemblys, I usually see a thin metal piece that sits between the caliper and the pad. I've thought about trying to make a shield that is held on by the brake pad pins, but that seems a like a lot of work.

I have to drive aobut 2 miles on a gravel road, so this is constantly a problem. Its worse in the winter because the winter tire treads are deeper and tend to pick up more rocks and trow them against the wheel well.