Brake squeal while turning?

[Cian]

Hey all you enlightened truck owners -

I replaced my front brake pads with Hawk ceramics (swapped the rotors with new Brembos while I was at it) back in the middle of the summer and they were fine up to a only few weeks ago. Now the front right brake squeals but only if I'm braking INTO a turn. If I brake straight on, then they are fine - no squeals. But braking while turning - either left or right - will cause the passenger side front brakes to squeal.

I've been doing some reading here, and there is an opinion that the pad springs (those paper clip looking things twisted into a "w" ) may be the culprit. Someone mentioned they weaken over time, but are really inexpensive to replace.

So I'll head down to the dealer sometime soon and will get some replacement brake pad springs, but is there any other advice out there on what could cause this brake-squeal-only-while-braking-when-turning?

I guess I can try simply removing the pads and reinstalling them first.

Thanks gang.

[MEvang]

The spring could fix the problem and all might be well. But have you checked the wheel bearing on that side for loosens? With the wheel on and off the ground grab the wheel top and bottom and move it in and out. Check to see if that wheel bearing has any play back and forth.
Play in the bearing will allow the wheel to tilt slightly in a turn and could be aggravating the squeal.
Just something you may want to check.
Mike

[Cian]

Good idea. Thanks Mike.