Noises From The Driver Side Wheel.

[express6666]

Quite strange to me, as I just bought this vehicle near a month ago, it is 54 plate. The problem is not always there, for the most of time, it is running perfectly, only sometimes, the front drive side wheel just feeling break through something and then go back to normal, perfectly normal. And sometime, the squeaky noises come from the driver side wheel when I was driving on the road, it is not loud and you can only hear it when you open your driver side window, and again, for the most time, it is running perfectly normal without noises. I noticed the driver side wheel harder to turn than the passenger side when I jacked the car up.

I noticed this happens more often in a tight turn. For the first time I noticed this problem, I replaced the two front tyres, and nothing changed.

Many thanks for advices

[insanitybeard]

Sounds like it could be the early stages of a wheelbearing on the way out or a driveshaft/ CV joint problem, can you feel any roughness or hear any noise when you spin the wheel by hand? When my front wheelbearing went recently the noise was unmistakable. The only other thing I can think of is that the brake caliper is binding slightly on the one side making the wheel harder to spin, it could possibly cause some noises if it's seizing up and not releasing with the brakes off. Are the brake discs and pads in good condition? 

[BrianH]

Sounds like it could be the early stages of a wheelbearing on the way out or a driveshaft/ CV joint problem, can you feel any roughness or hear any noise when you spin the wheel by hand? When my front wheelbearing went recently the noise was unmistakable. The only other thing I can think of is that the brake caliper is binding slightly on the one side making the wheel harder to spin, it could possibly cause some noises if it's seizing up and not releasing with the brakes off. Are the brake discs and pads in good condition? 

 

The flexible hose on the brake caliper can fail in such a way it binds - checking the pads on each side against one another may show one side is wearing faster. If it is then check the caliper actually retracts, if it doesn't seem to want to try opening the bleed nipple and see if theres any change. If it then works i'd replace the flexible hose first, if not it may be the caliper.

[express6666]

Really appreciate!!!

The disk and pads are looked fairly well..

When I spanned the driver side wheel, I did not hear any noise but fairly hard to turn.

I would take the wheels off again in the sunny day and check it thoroughly.

Thanks 

[BrianH]

Really appreciate!!!

The disk and pads are looked fairly well..

When I spanned the driver side wheel, I did not hear any noise but fairly hard to turn.

I would take the wheels off again in the sunny day and check it thoroughly.

Thanks 

 

Sounds like you have found your problem then just need to find its cause. Good luck

[express6666]

Hi all!

I managed to take brake calipers on both front side, the brake pads has fall into two slices on the drive side. And on the passenger side, the inner side has two slices, the outer side is a complete pad. I also noticed both inners side pads are thinner than the outer side. I have replaced the brake pads on both sides.

As I am new to DIY, so I am not sure whether this is normal.

I tried to upload the photos of the brake pads have been taken off for better explanation, it seems impossible on this site.

Thanks for the advices

[BrianH]

You should be able to upload them on photobucket or similar and post a link to the photos that way to show what you mean. If one side is worn (theres less pad left on the metal than the other side) then it sounds like you may have a sticking caliper. Either way changing the pads sounds like it was needed.

 

Worth bearing in mind that the discs do wear as well if your new to dealing with this, although not as quickly as the pads

[express6666]

yes, that is right, the disks are wearing uneven as well, but I did not change them. Actually, I have bought a set of front break disks and two sets of break pads in the house, the reason that I did not change the disks is that I want to ensure what is the problem of causing that. The disks are not too bad anyway.

I lubricated the guide pins with silicone lubricant. And one thing I want to know is that you retract you caliper pistons and if the fluids squash out from the bleed nipple, that means the pistons are working fine, please correct me if my understand is wrong. How do you verify a brake hose is bad?

Thanks

[BrianH]

yes, that is right, the disks are wearing uneven as well, but I did not change them. Actually, I have bought a set of front break disks and two sets of break pads in the house, the reason that I did not change the disks is that I want to ensure what is the problem of causing that. The disks are not too bad anyway.

I lubricated the guide pins with silicone lubricant. And one thing I want to know is that you retract you caliper pistons and if the fluids squash out from the bleed nipple, that means the pistons are working fine, please correct me if my understand is wrong. How do you verify a brake hose is bad?

Thanks

 

Depends how its gone bad - look if the outside is showing signs of cracking/crazing its past its best. If the piston moves back easily on the front then it should be ok providing it doesn't leak, and does move to clamp the wheel when you push the pedal down. If you find the pressure required to push the caliper back is much higher on one side than the other this may indicate the hose is bad.

 

Given the cost of the hose (less than

[express6666]

Thanks! I tried to link my old brake pads photos onto this website, it is not working, I registered with photo bucket and got the url link. It is just end up failed to post on this website.