Chris is right. There are tubes of anti-squeal compound. They look like toothpaste. You remove the pad, put a bead on the side of the pad that's away from the rotor, let it set up, re-insatall the pad.
There are also strips of a thin material (like a thin gasket) than can be put on the non-friction side of the pads. These have an adhesive side and go on like a bandaid.
A point that causes me concern is that the problem is on one side of the car. Since we have the same kind of pads on both sides of the car they should both squeal or they should both remain quiet. That says there may be somethign different about one side of the car.
One possibility is a sticky caliper. If it holds the pad to the rotor longer that it's being asked to, the pad will get very hot.
Another possibility is a bad, or improperly installed, wheel bearing. If a bearing goes bad, the rotor will lean to one side when the weigh of the car pushes down on the stub axle. The rotor can't really lean to one side because the brake pads are straddling it. The pad that contacts the leaning rotor will heat.
Blaine Graham, Moss Tech
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