My brakes have begun to squeak fairly consistently, but the wear warning light has not come on, and The pads look pretty good (about half inch left) upon inspection. what could cause this sqeaking? Is there some sort of wear indicator in the pads that makes them sqeak when they become worn? Another thing I noted was that the discs were very shiny, like chrome. I know they are not supposed to be, so could this have anything to do with the squeaking? Unfortunately, I have been riding the brakes a bit lately because the noise is so irritating and it is not as bad if I brake gradually. So this could theoretically be the cause of the shininess I have described, but I have only been doing this for a week and a half (I will not do it anymore). Any thoughts on this?

p.s. I Never realized how funny the word shininess looks until just now. English must be a B#%@! to learn.

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