cubastreet Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 My left front brake started making an awful grinding noise. There's heaps of meat on the pads so I guess there must be something stuck in there. Is there a hack for this, or am I going to have to pull the shoes off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 If is a stone you can usually reverse and it finds it's way out Or Find an open bit of road. Floor it and stab the brakes hard repeatedly. Repeat until the noise goes away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibirdman Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Or pull it apart and have a look, might be something a bit more serious. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin'joe Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 2 hours ago, tortron said: If is a stone you can usually reverse and it finds it's way out Or Find an open bit of road. Floor it and stab the brakes hard repeatedly. Repeat until the noise goes away ensuring it is not a wheelbearing issue, first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Whip the wheel off and put your eyeballs on it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 Turned out the inside pad was worn to the backing plate on that wheel so it looked OK through the rim and no squealing because the wire is on the outside pad. I don't know why, the caliper wasn't stuck, the rotor was ok. Maybe just a bad pad. Sorted now. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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