Squeaking Ebrake?!?!?!?!?

[frolf]

ok, this is a weird weird problem. today when i got to my dads house i set the ebrake and got out. i noticed when my weight was off the car it squeaked. so i sat back down, squeak. up, squeak, down, well, you get the point. when i got home i pulled into my garage and didn't set the ebrake and when i got out, no squeak. so i set the ebrake and got out, and squeak.


what the hell is going on.

 

[manuel]

http://www.weightwatchers.com/index.aspx


just kidding...could be that the car "rolls" a bit, making the ebrake squeak?...

 

[Kenny2g]

nice one manuel.

 

[jcblaschke]

manuel is right, when the car rolls a little bit it squeaks because the pads are gripping it while its trying to move.

 

[kerph32]

mine does it all the time... what jcblaschke said, the car moves just a little bit and thus the squeak... kind of like if you're sitting at an intersection stopped and you let off the brakes just a tiny bit, you creep forward and the brakes moan

 

[frolf]

either way i'm going to rip off the left rear wheel tomorrow and have a peak. just doesn't seem right, all i'm doing is getting out, or in.

maybe i should visit weight watchers.....

 

[wantahotbimmer]

mine does the same thing off and on.

 

[mjbst111]

You probably know this already but to check the ebrake pads you will have to take off your rotor/drum. they are seperate from your rear disk brakes. bimmers have a rotor/drum brake combination in the back. drum for the ebrake and rotor for normal braking. this keeps te rear rotors form warping after using the ebrake after extreme racing/braking of the rotor brakes.

the ebrake pads are the m:

 

[frolf]

hehe, yep, already had that. but thanks for the diagram.

 

[flyinH]

maybe the cable just has to be re-adjusted?

 

[frolf]

honestly that could be it. My ebrake liner was just replaced 5000 miles ago, and i have to pull the lever up super far to get it to bite. i've thought of looking into that.

 

[flyinH]

yeah,mine makes a rattling noise,and i have to drive with the ebrake pulled up one notch to put some added tension on it-just before the ebrake light comes on.maybe try that and see if it still squeaks.