I've finally managed to save enough money for some big repairs on my car.
It's been around ~2.5 years since it had a logbook service and even then there was stuff wrong with it I couldn't afford.
Since, maybe a year ago, it had this horrible grinding noise when hooking it hard to the right.
This was later identified as the CV joints worn due to a torn boot and the driveshaft axel would have to be replaced (something along those lines were specified in the receipt).
Before I had it fixed, I had squeaky brakes as well. I put them down to the brake pads needing to be replaced.
The thing is I had them replaced only a year ago by a friend, and almost immediately, they started squeaking again. I put it down to his dodginess (it didn't cost me anything).
Now that I have a quiet car, I noticed my brakes no longer squeal and prior to this fix-up, I booked my car in again one months time to have them look at the brakes while I save money for that.
I just want to know is it possible that my squeaky brakes were not a result of worn out brake pads, but rather something with the driveshaft?
I'm not mechanically minded with cars at all.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post, wanted to be as specific as possible.