Problem With Wheels/brakes.

[Guest Calum]

THE STORY:

Recently, i noticed that the brakes on my 94 corolla were starting to whine, so i took the car into a local garage to have them checked out.

When it came back, they said there had been a piece of steel caught, but when i checked the car out, the brakes were still whining, and now, the cars front right wheel even whines when not brakeing, but only at slow speeds.

I took the car back twice, but they did not manage to solve it.

Now then, what do i do? does it sound like a problem i can fix myself, could it be brake damage? unclean brake pads? damaged brake disks?(please no, that sounds expensive.)

And no, i'm not going back to that garage. <_<

[Monster-Mat]

what tyres do you have fitted.

i assume they checked for wheel bearing play

[Guest Calum]

They didn't check that, but have had that before, and the wheel doesn't seem lose when i jack it up. also could not see any problem on the brake disks.

[Monster-Mat]

do you know the bearing types on the car.....are they Tapered roller bearings or pressed in sealed bearings

[Guest Calum]

aaahhh, scary stuff!

sorry, but don't have a clue what you just asked. how would i tell?

[Monster-Mat]

i recon that your wheel bearings are running dry.....and will say that whatever the garage told you they were "bending the truth"

[Guest Calum]

How would i check this? and is it a job i could do myself to fix it?

I'm not great with cars, but i can usually follow the Haines.

Cheers for the help, Calum.

[milner]

They didn't check that, but have had that before, and the wheel doesn't seem lose when i jack it up. also could not see any problem on the brake disks.

ok dont laff but....

i think its caused by rust build up on the edge of the disc rim just chip it off with a tack hammer all the way round

[Karma Supra]

It sounds like brake pad wear indicators to me....

The brake pads have small metal clips that rub against the disk when the pad gets low, making a scraping scratching noise... This can start off just under breaking, but as the pads wear more become constant!

DO NOT take a hammer to your brake disks!!!!