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Brakes Grinding When Stopping

  • 25-06-2011 02:39PM
    #1
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭


    When slowing down or coming to a halt my breaks makes a crunching kind of metal on metal sound, anyone know what is the problem? and how much to fix aprx:)
    thanks.!!


Comments

  • #2
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    Replace your pads ASAP. Ya don't want to destroy your disks. €70 - 80 job for pads???


  • #3
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    Plug wrote: »
    Replace your pads ASAP. Ya don't want to destroy your disks. €70 - 80 job for pads???

    thanks a million will get right on it:)


  • #4
    _Conrad_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭_Conrad_


    pudzey101 wrote: »
    thanks a million will get right on it:)


    check the discs also, if they're gone very thin/flimsy looking or look scored/uneven surfaces then they need changing too.


  • #5
    Decoda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Decoda


    Could just be gravel or grit after getting into pads.

    DC


  • #6
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    In the words of my mechanic after I left this noise go for a couple of weeks, years ago -

    "your pads were worn just about to bare metal"....it was nearly a much more expensive job. Get 'em fixed now!


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  • #7
    Kid Nothing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭Kid Nothing


    Decoda wrote: »
    Could just be gravel or grit after getting into pads.

    DC

    No, just no!


  • #8
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Kid Nothing wrote: »
    No, just no!

    Loose stones or other debris can be 'flicked up' by the wheel, and trapped behind the caliper. So I wouldn't dismiss the idea totally. It happened to my cars front brakes last year. It is unlikely to be the cause in the OP's case though. That metal on metal screeching is a very distinctive sound.


  • #9
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,252 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    Most modern cars have a little metal tab on the end of the pads which will rub against the disc when the pads are around 80/90% worn. This tab will make noise but do very little damage to the discs. it's just to give anwarning that the pads are nearly worn down.
    If you don't have this tab on your pads then it is time to change the pads right now.


  • #10
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    mgbgt1978 wrote: »
    Most modern cars have a little metal tab on the end of the pads which will rub against the disc when the pads are around 80/90% worn. This tab will make noise but do very little damage to the discs. it's just to give anwarning that the pads are nearly worn down.
    If you don't have this tab on your pads then it is time to change the pads right now.

    thanks! 01 is modern enough lol il get right on it monday morning!!


  • #11
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    If there is a grinding noise, you've already neglected the problem too long. The pads have already worn right down and damaged the disks so both will need replacing.


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