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Originally Posted by Graham
Interesting observation.
I installed Pagid on rear of our 98 W210. All last year, they squealed at very low speeds. We were away for 3 months over winter, so car was parked. This year, no squealing. Didn't "cook" the pads. I suspect rust on disks may have somehow changed the friction of the pads so they no longer squeal!
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I installed new rear discs and new pagid pads on my W210 - they squealed like a pig, as I could not find a way to cook the pads by brake pedal alone (hard stop) as the front ones were old I needed to improvise.
I used a slick finished parking area that I know of and took with me a 5 gallon container of water and spilled some, I then did some hoodlum stuff by trying to spin out the car while the ESP was trying to correct the tail angle. I eventually started to smell the brakes at the rear wheels - so I immediately proceeded off slowly to cool the brakes evenly.
the brakes never squealed again.
the pads and discs need time to burnish and marry each other so they provide perfect working companionship.
--- my 2 cents here only.