front brake grinding into the rotor?

dafrompa · Post by **dafrompa** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:25 pm

a day or two ago i notice a wide sound coming from my drive side front brakes and all so saw my rotor getting really stracked up their new rotors and brake that i put on almost a year ago. i don't know what could throw the caliper off balance. i replaced retaining clips and still nothing changed.

dafrompa · Post by **dafrompa** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:32 am

Could my rotor be warped?

matt00rs25 · Post by **matt00rs25** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:05 am

You'd feel it if it was warped. Heavy vibration under braking.

dafrompa · Post by **dafrompa** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:57 am

i feel it more when turn the wheel slightly left

dafrompa · Post by **dafrompa** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:55 am

Could bad ball joint make my wheel push to the outside. The side of my rotor that is damaged is the outside rotor the inside looks untouched.

Post by **Legacy777** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:55 pm

Also may want to look at the wheel bearing.

rallyak · Post by **rallyak** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:24 pm

I seconded the wheel Bearing, just changed one. It actually broke the caliper bracket it was so bad.

dafrompa · Post by **dafrompa** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:40 pm

figured it out for some reason my axle nut came lose i chage my wheel bearing like six month ago so that was the last time that had that axle off can't believe it took six months for that thing to losen up. torx it down and crimp it again hopefully it dont come lose in another six months lol

matt00rs25 · Post by **matt00rs25** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:56 pm

Hopefully the bearing isn't junk now. Did you stake the nut so it couldn't back off this time?

dafrompa · Post by **dafrompa** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:09 pm

yeah i did that the frist time tho hopfully it won't come off again

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:20 pm

What did you torque the nut to?

dafrompa · Post by **dafrompa** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:10 am

130ft

Post by **Legacy777** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:53 pm

That's in the proper torque range, 123 - 152 ft-lbs.

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