Metallic brake dragging sound...???
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Metallic brake dragging sound...???
My car has a new noise coming from the LF wheel. It sounds like a small piece of metal is dragging along the brake rotor or something. Oddly, it kicks in at about 5mph, and usually goes away after a few minutes of driving. Its there whether the brakes are being engaged or not. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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how good are the pads? The pads have like a metal peice that drags on the rotors when your pads or gone. Happened to me, usually went away while braking but there while cruising. Check your pads, youll prolly need to replace em
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If its not the pads, I might have a good suggestion. I had the same type problem with my 98 rs (incidently on the LF). Apparently in the "older" cars, a piece in the caliper is made of ceramic. In newer cars it is urethane. (or maybe its the other way around, anyways, thats not the point) So that piece gets warped sometimes. In my case it caused the brake to apply randomly, luckily not very hard, but enough to notice. And when it disengaged, it would pop audibly and surge ahead somewhat. Blah, Blah, Blah, moral of the story is that you may need a replacement caliper.
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