Strange creaking noise from brake at low speed (no braking applied)

how many miles on her, and who torqued down the wheels?

 

pull the wheel and inspect for debris in the pads/calipers. any looseness in the wheel bearing or cv joint?

 

Toyota USA maintenance schedule calls for in-depth brake inspection tri-yearly or every 30K miles, whichever comes first, fwiw.

There's been a few reports here of rear caliper pins seizing. Sil-Glyde Brake Lubricant is the aftermarket product I've been using, recommended for caliper pins, and doesn't swell rubber (there's O-rings on the rear pins).

Also: be very careful to get the rear caliper piston correctly oriented. It should like this when put back together:



AND, be well seated against the inner brake pad thus. There's a stubby pin on the pad back that must stay between the spokes (shaded zones), in order to prevent it from rotating (which it'll try to do with each parking brake application). If the piston manages to rotate, the pin will ride up on a spoke, and you'll have terrific/constant drag, bevelled pad wear, and so on.

When you're done, with the parking brake off and rear raised, check that both wheels spin at least a couple revolutions with a good push. They're not free-spinning, but definitely should not be hard to turn.

 

After brake job, check how free they turn after a short test drive, and a few apply-releases of the parking brake. If they're still turning near free, you're out of the woods.

I suspect if you've got the piston oriented correct, but don't seat the whole thing well (multiple pushes of the brake pedal), then drop the car and apply the parking brake firmly, the piston might still rotate. You want to get it seated, drop the car, no parking brake, test drive, then parking brake apply/release once or twice, and then raise to check the spin.

 

is the canadian schedule different?

 

Honda Canada says every 2 years or every 32K kms, for all their vehicles. I actually stick with the US 3 year interval, because our kms are so ridiculously low.

Note also the brake fluid change.

 

in a salty area, i would check them every spring.

 

Raise the rear and try a test spin, both sides. Put wheel chocks fore and aft of both front tires for more stability. Decent rubber chocks are the best.

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I heard a similar noise only at very low speeds. At the end of the trip, touched all the rotors and none was hot. Gonna lift and drag them. Any idea, where to look deeply? I've replaced all the pads and rear rotors as well by following the instructions here. As a note, cleaned all caliper pins and lubricated them. Also, I didn't see any noticeable change on mpg