So for the past month, I have been plagued by horrible loud squealing brakes, but thing is they are brand new (both rotors and pads).
There were no noises with the old rotors and pads, but both were way past their prime and had to be replaced. I got ATE PremiumOne rotors (the ones with the circular grooves) and some cheap semi-metallic pads I got from Rock Auto when I ordered a whole bunch of other stuff. When I put it all together, it squealed, I waited a week and it still squealed.
I figured it was maybe the cheap pads so I got some decent Wagner ceramic pads, and they were good for about a day and then they started squealing EVEN WORSE. This past weekend, I took it all apart, cleaned everything, tightened the retainer clips, lubed the channels and put some Permatex brake quiet on the backs of all the pads, reassembled and guess what?? It still squeals!! (but not quite as bad).
I am starting to loose my mind with these brakes, the only constant through all this so far has been those rotors so I am considering picking up a set of cheap, smooth surface rotors and trying them out on the theory that there is just something that these rotors are doing to the harmonics of the system that can't be remedied.
Any suggestions before I go do that?