Car: 1999 Civic EX 2DR 5MT with rear disc conversion.

This is on my right rear wheel. Not quite sure how long it's been this way, but it's pretty darn LOUD in the cabin, especially with the back seats AND

it gets louder with increased speed.

Thanks

 

sounds like the damn dust guard to me

 

What kind of noise is it?

 

if you click on the picture it goes to a video

 

I checked it out further today AND..

- There's NO contact between the dust guard and the rotor.

- The rotor is hard to turn, even with the wheel off.

- When the pads are removed, the noise is basically gone.

It seems to be the pads are in constant contact with the rotor?

 

try new pads and get the rotors machined

 

Seized caliper.

 

ya could be a seized caliper, take the brakes apart and see if everything moves smoothly.

 

Yikes! Computer at work suck monkey ****

 

I was able to get the caliper piston twisted back in. It took a fair amount of effort but it DID twist. And the thing is I don't feel like I get pull / smoke / etc. or any of the other seized caliper symptoms.

 

ding ding ding

I also had the same issue bro, seized caliper. I replaced all of them and it went away.

 

Had one on my Probe last year. Never saw smoke, car never pulled to that side, but if you hit the brakes too hard, it'd seize for a while, noise would increase with speed and it was loud as hell. Ate away my pads too. You should compare pad wear with the other side.

 

Thanks for the help fellas. I'll probably end up buying a new caliper

EDIT: Aftermarket rotors wouldn't matter, right?

 

Yup.


It's a good Idea to get both rear calipers changed.

 

Do I need to change the pads and rotors when swapping to the new caliper (in other words, did the caliper being seized mess anything up)?

Cause I still have a fair amount of meat left on both the rotors and pads...

 

Rotor could be warped, possibly pitted but probably not since you haven't said anything about it. I'd get it lathed just in case. A few thousandths off should straighten it back up if anything was messed up. You'd wanna do the other side too if you do get it lathed.