munch90 wrote:

Pickles wrote:

I'd always be trying to use O.E. Pads.
But seeing as how you've changed the pads & still got a squeal, it may not be just the pads.
Could it be possible, that if you've not had the discs machined, there is a "residual/film/deposit" etc on the surface of the disc, which would cause the squeal.
Maybe you'll have to machine your discs & fit new O.E. pads?
I'm not sure what the bedding in procedure for these pads will be, because they're all different.
With our C63, we were told to do 10 quick stops from 100KPH, BUT NOT TO STOP, get 'em smokn, they said,...and I did!!....never had a squeak. But that was a performance pad, probably different to O.E Defender items.
Pickles.

not many places in uk now machine discs ( not for normal cars anyway ) , to machine a disc properly you need to machine both sides at once , cant be done at a machine shop with lathe as on a lathe you would cut one side then turn disc and cut other side which means a possibility of one side being out of paralle with the other ( yes it can be done but price of setting up time its cheaper to buy new discs )

I have a disc machine sitting in workshop , last time at was used was for a set of Maserati discs that were 300 quid each about 10 years ago !