kind of a scraping noise?

jtasuby · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:59 pm

i took my car to a mechanic and he said that my wheel bearing are fine and pretty much everything down in that general area is good... he did tell me that my break caliper was loose and he couldnt tighten it. you can wiggle it just a tiny bit. he did tell me my struts were bad and one of my strut mounts were bad. so i replaced those and the scraping sound happens every now and again.

some times when i hit the breaks ill hear a click and then it will grind so i dont know whats up any help would be appreciated.

it doesnt do it all the time just every now and then, and the mechanic i took it to is a local friend so i know he isnt trying to screw me

08WhiteRex · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:02 pm

whoa whoa whoa he let you leave with a loose caliper?!?!? Jesus! Go get a 17mm 6pt socket and tighten the piss out of that thing right now!

jtasuby · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:03 pm

so do you think thats just the problem?

ill go to the garage right now and do it!!!

08WhiteRex · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:08 pm

Yes your pad was rubbing against the rotor. I wouldn't go back to him if he refused to tighten a caliper.

jtasuby · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:09 pm

he didnt refuse... maybe the dumb ass just forgot and was more worried about the struts then. but ok ill go see what i can do now thanks man

08WhiteRex · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:11 pm

I think i would be much, MUCH more worried about my caliper not being affixed to my car appropriately.

jtasuby · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:15 pm

alright man thanks now ill try and get that ish fixed

yellowsnow · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:22 pm

stopping is overrated

Quin · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:25 pm

for reals

macalicious07 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:18 pm

just use the guys brakes in front of you.

PCSkiBum_21 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:48 pm

what good are brakes? all they do is slow you down. you are trying to go faster not slower, duh.

jtasuby · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:54 pm

for reals guys i went out and tried to fix it and i was like what the hell these bitches are useless... so i ripped em off haha

smokingtires · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:01 pm

i don't know exactly what he meant by a "loose" caliper, but being able to wiggle it a little is normal, so long as the bolts attaching the caliper bracket to the knuckle are properly torqued. The "wiggle" allows for both brake pads to be engaged since there are only pistons on one side of the caliper on your car...the caliper is supposed to move a little on its slides.

08WhiteRex · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:48 pm

No it was loose to the knuckle and that caused the alignment of pads-rotor to be off since the caliper was too far inboard...

smokingtires · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:53 pm

oh i see...yeah that is bad news bears

slcsubaru.com

kind of a scraping noise?

Who is online