Watch this video and tell me if you know what the hell this sound is. I'm thinking that my caliper is sticking and the brake pads are rubbing on the rotor. It's not the brake pads themselves, because they have good meat on them. Something metal is contacting something else metal and causing this squealing/scraping/worst sound ever.

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Have you checked the dustshields to make sure they arent rubbing the rotor? That could be a possibility. Also does it make the noise when you turn the wheel the other way?


Modified by 93Civac at 3:10 AM 3/2/2006

 

I actually went as far as bending the dust shield out of the way. Also, it doesn't make the sound when I turn the wheel the other way.

 

Bump, someone has to have heard this sound before.

 

i had the same exact sound but it was the dust cover. you should double check it

 

sounds like dust shield but could be the hub bearing assembly. little bit trickier to install than the rear wheel bearings.. i believe they are sealed so you "can't" repack them and they need to be pressed in.. if i remember right. could be wrong but hope it helps.. really not too much else it could be.

 

Bump for more info. I'll check both of these again today.

 

also check the brake pad retainer, there's two, one on top and one on bottom. Make sure it's not bent cause I had the same problem, mine was bent and would scrape against the rotor

 

i had that same noise, i had a samll rock stuck up in the dust sheild. check around for that.

 

whatever it is, looks like the tire's coming to a rather abrupt stop, it's not like the caliper's frozen because the tire spins, but notice when it stops it stops fast, like there is something pushing up against the rotor, check ur rotors for marks (indicating somethign rubbing up against them (scratch)), if that's not it, take another look at and in the dust shield...

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The caliper could be sticking, but it usually doesn't make that noise unless a rock or small piece of grit is stuck between the pad and the rotor..

TO check if the caliper is sticking, take off the wheel, and see if you can pry the caliper away from the rotar with a large flat head screw driver, after you're sure it's out all the way, take it for a drive, but DON'T USE THE BRAKE (and obviously put the wheel back on before you go), use downshifting and e-brake to leave ur driveway, then see if it makes that noise going up the road..

Screw that, you don't even need to leave ur driveawy, stick the wheel back on while it's still jacked, and spin it, see if it makes the noise

If the caliper's sticking u'll have to replace it, I know had that problem with a different car..

 

I would jack it up on jackstands make sure its on there good. You or someone else get in and start the car and let it idle. IT should spin just enough for you to hear where its coming from. I would guess wheel bearing that isnt a metalic grind or squeal, but if you cant figure it out Sears does brake evals cheap. Let them do it. Any play in the hub?

 

as many have said a dust sheild will cause that exact noise. Drove me insane till I figured out how it was rubbing.

Does it do it when the wheel is off? (jack up front of car, put car in gear with key out of ignition, remove wheel, turn wheel on the other side)
if it does, finding the problem should easy with someone else turning the other wheel.

mine ended up being the dust sheild rubbing on the lower part of the rotor.
Working on a friends car he had the same noise, ended up being the clips that hold in the pads were a little too long and were rubbing on the new rotors.

A frozen caliper will make the brakes super hot after driving for a while. Constant pressure on one side of the pads will cause it to heat up fast.

 

Took it to Midas to have it inspected and they just said that the pads are shot and they'll cause that problem. Doesn't make sense to me, but I guess they see it everyday so they might know what they're talking about.

 

we see this all the time at the honda store i work for! You need to look at the inner pad that is where the indicator is

 

That's exactly what it was. Pads and rotors are changed and the sounds is gone.

 

lol i never heard of that before
but if this happends to me .. we'll have an answer to it

 

now this is how a tech thread is supposed to go. no bashing or smart remarks