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General => The garage => Topic started by: jonnyb on 25 June 2014, 07:02
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Over the last few days a squeal has appeared on my right rear wheel. At first i thought it could be a stone stuck between the shield and disc (has happened before), but the squeal only happens when i turn right. Turning left i cannot hear the noise at all, but anything more than a slight right turn it squeals like a b!tch.
The noise speeds up with speed. I had the wheel off last night, and from my limited knowledge everything looked fine, although trying to rotate the disc by hand, i did find it slightly harder on one side of the disc (warped?).
I've not done any heavy braking recently which would warp the disc, so im just looking for suggestions of what it might be. Obviously if this is bad for part of the car, i'll be trying to limit my mileage.
Cheers!
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Well, not that anyone did reply, but i'll leave my solution for reference to anyone who may have the same issue in the future.
Basically, i whipped the rear wheel off, had a look around, couldn't really see much. Until i noticed the lower metal retaining clip that holds the pads in place looked a little chewed up. Not sure how it happened, but i noticed it was slightly catching the disc. Dismantled it, straightened it out with pliers and reassembled everything.
Car is back to normal :D