I cannot keep rocks from flying off of the tires and falling down and resting against the rotors. This creates a constant squeal. Does anyone have any ideas on how to remedy this?

83 300SD

Slow down a little as you enter the gravel yard!

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Or speed up

Once in a blue moon I will get a piece of gravel there against the rotor.

Are your backing plates in good working order and present?

I drive on gravel, but not allot, and have never had that problem, I would think it might tent to get you wondering "whats comen apart"

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1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
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first time that happened it scared the living crap out of me.

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1981 300sd w/ 341,500 miles

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I don't hink I have any backing plates. Can anyone describe them. All that is present are the pads and the caliper pushes directly on the pad itself. On other brake assemblys, I usually see a thin metal piece that sits between the caliper and the pad. I've thought about trying to make a shield that is held on by the brake pad pins, but that seems a like a lot of work.

I have to drive aobut 2 miles on a gravel road, so this is constantly a problem. Its worse in the winter because the winter tire treads are deeper and tend to pick up more rocks and trow them against the wheel well.

As said, check that on the inside of the rotor (towards engine) there should be a backing plate that "visually hides) the rotor, protecting it from gravel and other debris making it's way between rotor and caliper on the inside. Is the gravel making it's way between rotor and caliper on the outside of the rotor? The wheel should keep this from happening. Is the rotor getting grooves getting ground on both inside and outside of the rotor?

I'm going by memory... If I take the whell off, I can look down at the top of the exterior pad. So I can see the exterior part of the rotor and the top of the pad. I never seem to have the problem on the inside, so I'm assuming the rotor covers up this space. Am I missing a cover or is this normal?