azwildcat wrote:
OP here. Thanks everyone for your ideas. I have tried he hard braking but it didn't help. May have to try other than OEM pads.
First, be more specific on the squeaking or squealing. You got 3 sets of brake pads now and didn't solve the problem.
Light squeaking/ chirping under light braking or does it squeal even under hard braking? 1 wheel, both wheels, front?
Having new pads and rotors, presumably OE quality since 2 stealers did them 3 times makes the pads very unlikely and rotors don't just cause squeal typically, especially new ones.
Assuming it's still one or more of the back wheels, and age/location of your truck and assuming they didn't squeak before the first brake job, I think the problem is a stuck or partially stuck piston on a caliper. 10 years old can = rust and the Pistons got squoze all the way back into the bores and I'll guess that the rear brakes hadn't been done in a long time, if ever. Stuck piston, final answer, by process of elimination.
And fwiw, I would never let the same facility that "inspects" vehicles for State compliance do the repairs......fox watching hen house there. Example: how do you know the rotors were bad? State inspector doesn't caliper them, at least not in my previous experience, were they warped?.......unless they sell brakes also maybe?