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Offline Greigy

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Squealing!!
« on: 11 November 2010, 21:34 »
My car has started making a squealing noise whilst driving. It gets progressively quieter as you speed up and disappears completely when stopped. I'm reckoning it's brakes and there's a stone or grit or something stuck cos to say the yard where I work doesn't have the best of roads is a huge understatement. Canna get at it to have a proper look 'til the weekend what with the dark nights and no space in the garage. As I said I reckon it's brakes, that's where I'll go first, but I just wondered if there was anything else I should be taking a look at.
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Offline dom

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Re: Squealing!!
« Reply #1 on: 11 November 2010, 21:37 »
Checked PAS belt for wear?
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Offline Greigy

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Re: Squealing!!
« Reply #2 on: 11 November 2010, 21:46 »
Will do, but would that stop squealing whilst stationary? I tried moving the steering wheel when I was stopped and there was no noise. I was gonna be checking belts and the like just in case.

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Offline AlexMozza

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Re: Squealing!!
« Reply #3 on: 11 November 2010, 22:15 »
Tighten the alternator might stop it as the belt may be lose, not helped by all the cr4p weather recently!
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Re: Squealing!!
« Reply #4 on: 11 November 2010, 22:48 »
Sounds like a wheel bearing to me  :smug:
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Re: Squealing!!
« Reply #5 on: 12 November 2010, 09:42 »
Quote from: benvictors on 11 November 2010, 22:48
Sounds like a wheel bearing to me  :smug:

Wheel bearing tends to be a thrumming/drumming noise rather than a squeeling noise though  :undecided:
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Offline Bellend

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Re: Squealing!!
« Reply #6 on: 13 November 2010, 01:02 »
Brakes, brake shield.
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Re: Squealing!!
« Reply #7 on: 13 November 2010, 14:31 »
Job done, a bit of stone had got it's self wedged up between the disc and brake shield...phew!! thank goodness that's all it was!!. Checked all the belts etc. as well while I was at it. They're all sound. While I was in aboot there I decided to take the rocker cover of and give it a tidy up. Ended up painting it (black). I also took the rocker cover breather piece of and gave it a good clean through. It was full of emulsified oil and a bit gunky.
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Re: Squealing!!
« Reply #8 on: 13 November 2010, 15:13 »
Quote from: Greigy on 13 November 2010, 14:31
Job done, a bit of stone had got it's self wedged up between the disc and brake shield...phew!! thank goodness that's all it was!!. Checked all the belts etc. as well while I was at it. They're all sound. While I was in aboot there I decided to take the rocker cover of and give it a tidy up. Ended up painting it (black). I also took the rocker cover breather piece of and gave it a good clean through. It was full of emulsified oil and a bit gunky.

Glad to hear it's sorted  :cool:

And well done to Bellend for a correct diagnosis for once :afro: :grin:
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