Just a guess, but did your mechanic happen to toss those thin metal backing plates that fit behind the brake pads? When I bought my current Vanagon, the brakes squealed so badly my wife started to refuse to ride in it. Those backing plates were missing from the front pads. I found a set in a junk yard off a Vanagon that must have had a brake job the week before it was junked-the plates looked brand new, as did the pads. These are NLA according to my local dealer. Jeff Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> My mechanic recently changed out the disk pads on my '84
> (7-passenger).
> First there were occasional chirping noises from right front each time
> the wheel made a complete revolution. If I were making a turn or
> applying the service brakes, chirping stopped. Mechanic rechecked his
> work and said all okay. Now chirping has started on left wheel too and
> is occurring just about all the time. However, it does stop when
> service brakes applied. Stopping van with parking brake has no effect
> on chirping. Turning wheel from left to right will change amount of
> chirping.
> Any ideas what is going on?
> John