I recently got my frony brakes done and now have a soft sqeeling noise from my front tire. It picks up when I accelerate and then slows down and eventually stops when I brake. Anyone know what this might be?
I asked a similar question recently and I was told this:
Caliper brackets. Make sure they are tight, make sure the shims are good, make sure both guide pins float freely. Probably need to tear it down & clean/inspect/regrease properly. So many people do brakes and don't know what where and how to clean & grease the caliper brackers. May need to replace due to worn guide pins, could also have a poor fitting break pad (evidenced by clicking, spin the wheel backwords in the air and you should be able to watch the pad move in the holder (holder=caliper bracket)
No its not constant, I just took it to the dealer and they said the noise had something to do with the wheel bearing/dust pin. Then quoted me about $350 to fix it, so im definately not getting it done there
If you want to change the bearing yourself, don't expect to press out the bearing with any normal tools. You'll need a pretty hefty press. I pulled the knuckle and paid a shop $40 to change the bearing for me.
If you had this issue immediately after your brake job, and no symptoms before, why the heLL is everyone suspecting a wheel bearing?
It's your dust sheild, it got bent during the brake job.
If you can access it, just bend/tweak it from inside until it stops making noise.
It's possible that your shims are causing the problem as well, if they aren't replaced they usually won't hold on after a change of pads, unless they're properly 'glued' on.
If I were you, I'd just take it back to the mechanic if straightening the dust sheild doesn't work.
but it almost sounds like something rubber, and it is not constant. If the dust shield was bent when the brakes were redone, wouldn't that be a constant noise?
Bad wheel bearings do not squeal or squeak, they grind/roar, similar to the sound of a large rock being dragged across a concrete sidewalk.
Unless you have your sound explanation wrong, you probably have a brake pad dragging the rotor,could be from seized caliper slide pins, a seized caliper, crappy pads, worn/broken or missing brake pad shims/holders.
If you are not able to do the work yourself, then do not take your car back to the same place that done the brake job originally.
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Not really. Depends how bent it got. When I changed my brakes they were making noise, but went away after a few minutes. Pull the wheel and check that every things intact.
Did you or a shop did this?
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Bad wheel bearings do not squeal or squeak, they grind/roar, similar to the sound of a large rock being dragged across a concrete sidewalk.
Unless you have your sound explanation wrong, you probably have a brake pad dragging the rotor,could be from seized caliper slide pins, a seized caliper, crappy pads, worn/broken or missing brake pad shims/holders.
If you are not able to do the work yourself, then do not take your car back to the same place that done the brake job originally.
didn't we just cover this over in the third gen section
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Bad wheel bearings do not squeal or squeak, they grind/roar, similar to the sound of a large rock being dragged across a concrete sidewalk.
Unless you have your sound explanation wrong, you probably have a brake pad dragging the rotor,could be from seized caliper slide pins, a seized caliper, crappy pads, worn/broken or missing brake pad shims/holders.
If you are not able to do the work yourself, then do not take your car back to the same place that done the brake job originally.
Well, the sound explanation is the best I could think of, lol, but it is definately not a grind/roar. And I think I would be capable of doing it myself (Ive done plenty of other stuff to my max), but the dealer put these brakes on. They did it for free though because the first time they screwed up and I was getting grooves in my rotors. Then they redid the brakes for free and not more than 500 miles later this happens.
Well, the sound explanation is the best I could think of, lol, but it is definately not a grind/roar. And I think I would be capable of doing it myself (Ive done plenty of other stuff to my max), but the dealer put these brakes on. They did it for free though because the first time they screwed up and I was getting grooves in my rotors. Then they redid the brakes for free and not more than 500 miles later this happens.
Stop taking your car there. find a reliable shop, or do it your self and look at the issues i stated in my original post.
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