Can a front disc pad fall off? Any insights?
#1
Racer
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Can a front disc pad fall off? Any insights?
Hi all,
Need some input & thoughts.
Started my car this after work...noticed a metal on metal sound coming from a wheel. I continued driving & the sound continues...then I hear a part fall off into the street, I couldn’t retrieve it. I drove a little further to pull over and the grinding noise is worse. The noise is coming from my right front wheel. I had car towed home.
The caliper and the brake pads look okay. I haven’t taken wheel off yet. Can this grinding noise be anything other than the brake pad or a part off the caliper? Any thoughts appreciated. I won’t be able to remove wheel for a day or two. Thanks
Need some input & thoughts.
Started my car this after work...noticed a metal on metal sound coming from a wheel. I continued driving & the sound continues...then I hear a part fall off into the street, I couldn’t retrieve it. I drove a little further to pull over and the grinding noise is worse. The noise is coming from my right front wheel. I had car towed home.
The caliper and the brake pads look okay. I haven’t taken wheel off yet. Can this grinding noise be anything other than the brake pad or a part off the caliper? Any thoughts appreciated. I won’t be able to remove wheel for a day or two. Thanks
#2
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I put my money on that you picked up a stone between your dust shield and rotor.
It sounds horrible like your wheel is going to fall off metal on metal grind.
If you can use a long screw driver and push the dust shield away from the rotor and I bet a stone falls out.
When this happenes to me I usually pull over and find a safe place to drive in reverse a few feet and it usually pops out.
Report back.
It sounds horrible like your wheel is going to fall off metal on metal grind.
If you can use a long screw driver and push the dust shield away from the rotor and I bet a stone falls out.
When this happenes to me I usually pull over and find a safe place to drive in reverse a few feet and it usually pops out.
Report back.
#4
Race Car
I put my money on that you picked up a stone between your dust shield and rotor.
It sounds horrible like your wheel is going to fall off metal on metal grind.
If you can use a long screw driver and push the dust shield away from the rotor and I bet a stone falls out.
When this happenes to me I usually pull over and find a safe place to drive in reverse a few feet and it usually pops out.
Report back.
It sounds horrible like your wheel is going to fall off metal on metal grind.
If you can use a long screw driver and push the dust shield away from the rotor and I bet a stone falls out.
When this happenes to me I usually pull over and find a safe place to drive in reverse a few feet and it usually pops out.
Report back.
#5
Racer
Thread Starter
I put my money on that you picked up a stone between your dust shield and rotor.
It sounds horrible like your wheel is going to fall off metal on metal grind.
If you can use a long screw driver and push the dust shield away from the rotor and I bet a stone falls out.
When this happenes to me I usually pull over and find a safe place to drive in reverse a few feet and it usually pops out.
Report back.
It sounds horrible like your wheel is going to fall off metal on metal grind.
If you can use a long screw driver and push the dust shield away from the rotor and I bet a stone falls out.
When this happenes to me I usually pull over and find a safe place to drive in reverse a few feet and it usually pops out.
Report back.
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thanks...the part that bugs me is that I heard a part fall off onto the street, making the noise even worse. Can that dust shield be the problem? Can that come loose & rub vs rotor? There is definitely something rubbing vs rotor...I’m waiting for my Esco jack stand before lifting car.
Dust shields for me are a problem. I live on back roads and have a gravel drive way. I get my share of pebbles and stones up in the brakes of my car.
You would swear I'm dragging my engine behind the car when I come screeching to a halt after having a smallest of pebble get stuck.
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1) How many miles on your car?
2) Have the pads ever been changed?
2) Have the pads ever been changed?
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Racer
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#10
Racer
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Stranger things could've happened. But I doubt something fell off your car. But one never knows.
Dust shields for me are a problem. I live on back roads and have a gravel drive way. I get my share of pebbles and stones up in the brakes of my car.
You would swear I'm dragging my engine behind the car when I come screeching to a halt after having a smallest of pebble get stuck.
Dust shields for me are a problem. I live on back roads and have a gravel drive way. I get my share of pebbles and stones up in the brakes of my car.
You would swear I'm dragging my engine behind the car when I come screeching to a halt after having a smallest of pebble get stuck.
Would have never ever thought this could be the bane of my day! Thanks a million CSK! Lol
Unbelievable
#11
Racer
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I captured the sound of a lodged pebble. Really freaked me out.
https://rennlist.com/forums/991/9910...-911-made.html
Did it sound like this?
https://rennlist.com/forums/991/9910...-911-made.html
Did it sound like this?
And when I was getting it towed (I stopped in front of a 7/11, the passerbyers looked on with a “sense of satisfaction” 😂
Anyway, I feared the worst & now it’s kinda funny. Lesson learned!
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May all of our car troubles be this easy.
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Racer
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