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front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:25 pm
by dafrompa
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.

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:32 am
by dafrompa
Could my rotor be warped?

front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:05 am
by matt00rs25
You'd feel it if it was warped. Heavy vibration under braking.

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:57 am
by dafrompa
i feel it more when turn the wheel slightly left

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:55 am
by dafrompa
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.

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:55 pm
by Legacy777
Also may want to look at the wheel bearing.

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:24 pm
by rallyak
I seconded the wheel Bearing, just changed one. It actually broke the caliper bracket it was so bad.

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:40 pm
by dafrompa
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

front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:56 pm
by matt00rs25
Hopefully the bearing isn't junk now. Did you stake the nut so it couldn't back off this time?

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:09 pm
by dafrompa
yeah i did that the frist time tho hopfully it won't come off again

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:20 pm
by Legacy777
What did you torque the nut to?

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:10 am
by dafrompa
130ft

Re: front brake grinding into the rotor?

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:53 pm
by Legacy777
That's in the proper torque range, 123 - 152 ft-lbs.