Noticed today when the engine was off. When I take my foot of the brake pedal I get a funny metal grinding sound (sounds a little bit like when your engine is cooling down and you get the cracking noise). Sound is quite noticable.

 

Also when coming to a dead stop it feels as if something is moving at the front (this is really hard to explain please bear with me), and kinda feel it through the brake pedal.

 

I am sure this has been getting worse.

 

 

 

Cheers

I think this is a pretty common thing. My one did it too. All cured by replacing the brake pads. Even if yours have loads of 'meat' on them I'd still consider changing them. There's loads of info in 'search', but changing the pads and applying coppa slip I would think is the first thing to do before stripping/replacing calipers etc.

 

HTH

 

Cheers

Neil

If you take you pads out and grease up the shims at back of pads with copper slip etc you will find the noise will go (dont do what someone did once and put copperslip on pad face :rolleyes: not me by the way),Tony :)

If you take you pads out and grease up the shims at back of pads with copper slip etc you will find the noise will go (dont do what someone did once and put copperslip on pad face :rolleyes: not me by the way),Tony :)

 

LMFAO , who was that ????

LMFAO , who was that ????

 

Hey mr Pot, how do you start an auto??? :tongue: :D

I remember an olde British bike (BSA?) instruction manual that ADVISED that if your brakes squeeled then a light coating of grease to the inner drum would cure it! :shock: :eek:

Hey mr Pot, how do you start an auto??? :tongue: :D

 

 

Please tell me that was not you Andy :eek: that makes me feel better about my Auto mistake now :xxx: :tongue:

The name escapes me but it did happen,some time last year :rolleyes:

The name escapes me but it did happen,some time last year :rolleyes:

 

Its ok Andy duff has admitted it was him :o :rolleyes: :D

Thanks for the replys guys.

Mine is a bugger for this.

It sounds like Im trying to violently overstretch a spring and sometimes it creaks like mad. Sounds like you got ya answer though.. Copperslip it is!

It sounds like Im trying to violently overstretch a spring and sometimes it creaks like mad.

 

Spot on, a much better explanantion. Cheers.

The daily driver is doing this, and the pads were changed 3000 miles ago and smeared liberally...

 

...so any more guesses?

Wait for that latest addition ;) :D

might sound daft but too much grease can do it too. It traps water in the anti-squeal shim cut-outs. Don't know why this is, but it does it on my daily driver NA. A very thin smear is the answer...

might sound daft but too much grease can do it too. It traps water in the anti-squeal shim cut-outs. Don't know why this is, but it does it on my daily driver NA. A very thin smear is the answer...

 

The case for buying some axle stands and a trolley jack is getting stronger all the time...