possible warped brake disc

[dazw1]

hi,

i have a strange howling sound when my car gets warm coming from the front wheel, when i turn the steering wheel or tap the brakes it stops but as soon as i take my foot of the brake or move the steering wheel to the same postion the noise comes back.
it isnt my brake pads cos they have been checked over and trimmed.

is it my brake discs?? it is really annoying me now becuase when i take it to a garage and the mechanic takes the car for a drive it doesnt happen!!!!

cheers

 

[Daz]

Bearing?

Does it do it when going round a bend? then stop on the straight?

 

[iPap]

Quote: Originally posted by Daz on 19 April 2004


Bearing?

Oh yer!!!! Deffo!

 

[dazw1]

bearing, dont think so guys. it does it driving in a straiight line on the motorway, then if i turn the wheel the opposite direction it stops or a slight tap on the brakes it stops.

it has been happening on and off for the past 6 months.

 

[iPap]

"howling" is a bearing noise...

"scrubbing" is more warped disks...

 

[Jonesy]

Ello m8 I remember you replied to my post about my brakes, mine were fixed but for some reason it has started happening again, and it only happens when the brakes are warmed up like yours.

Mine makes the howling noise when driving normally in a straight-line, accelerating or cruising it still does it, only stops when I tap the brake pedal.

I tried fixing it by taking the whole caliper off and refitting everything with copper grease it helped for about a day then I got the noise back.

I’m well pissed off the noise drives me crazy, how much do the bearings cost and where can I get it done.

Thx

Sorry m8 didn’t mean to hijack the tread. <SCRIPT language=javascript>

 

[Daz]

Probably looking at 40 - 100 fitted for a bearing.. fitted..

Varies loads from place to place!

 

[iPap]

Quote: Originally posted by Jonesy on 19 April 2004


Ello m8 I remember you replied to my post about my brakes, mine were fixed but for some reason it has started happening again, and it only happens when the brakes are warmed up like yours.

Mine makes the howling noise when driving normally in a straight-line accelerating or not it still does it, only stops when I tap the brake pedal.

I tried fixing it by taking the whole caliper off and refitting everything with copper grease it helped for about a day then I got the noise back.

I’m well pissed off the noise drives me crazy, how much do the bearings cost and where can I get it done.

Thx

Sorry m8 didn’t mean to hijack the tread. <SCRIPT language=javascript>

If its a bearing it would get worse very quickly, ie, louder...

 

[Jonesy]

M8, mine started getting really loud before i took the caliper off and put it back on. At the moment its not that loud, but its undoubtely gonna get worse. Last time had the noise for about a month before it started to drive my crazy and i tried fixing it.

100 quid no way am i paying that, can i get them cheaper online like at andyspares or eurocarparts and how hard to fit them, im gonna go check my hanyes manual...

 

[Daz]

Parts are about what, £20 - £30 I think?

You need a special tool tho to get them out of the hub.. so you have to get a garage to do that bit anyway!

 

[dazw1]

definitely not a bearing then cos it aint got louder or worse, it just comes and goes

 

[iPap]

You need a bearing press or a block of wood a hammer and a knack for all things slightly dodgy... to get them in that is!

And a Puller to get them out.

Puller is £23 for a 3 leg from Halfords. No doubt it will be stuck on solid though. Just pay someone.

If the bearing collapses, the bill will be more than that!

 

[Roamer]

hehe or you can try the trick of smacking out the bearing internals and then popping a few weld spots/lines around the inside of the bearing, as they cool they shrink the bearing casing ever so slightly and out it comes... or so Im told anyways.

 

[iPap]

Quote: Originally posted by Roamer on 19 April 2004

hehe or you can try the trick of smacking out the bearing internals and then popping a few weld spots/lines around the inside of the bearing, as they cool they shrink the bearing casing ever so slightly and out it comes... or so Im told anyways.

Ummmm....

Not even I would bodge it that much! lol

Could be worth a go though!

 

[JAY172]

find a local garage with a press that will just press the bearing in and out for a fiver or something.

 

[Jonesy]

Can it cause damage driving around with a dodgy bearing and is it dangerous.

I think i damaged mine taking the same corner too fast and the pressure to the right front wheel probably caused the bearing to f**k!

 

[Soneji]

Well lets put it this way, when your wheel bearing collapses / implodes on itself at 140mph I dont think youll be around to post about it

 

[Jonesy]

ahhh ok so i should be alright my top ends only about 95mph, doubt ill die at that speed. phewww

btw are you joking or is it really dangerous???????

 

[BenR]

yes its dangerous.

But i dont see how its the bearing if it gets noisy, then goes quiet when you fiddle with it, then comes back.