I have a metal - metal noise when I go over a bump. However, if my foot is on the brake I get NO noise at all going over. And the noise is from the front too...

Is there something that could be causing this that could be loose? I really hate the noise (I thought at first it was my springs bottoming out because my one strut is gone). I know it's from the front - it makes the noise going over a bump when the front wheels go over...

Ideas? Thoughts? Suggestions?





Thanks
Trevor

 

You need a brake job. The noise is produced by the "audible wear sensors" (little flaps of metal on the pads, that touch the rotors when the pads get thin). They are designed to be as annoying as possible, and make noise when the brakes are off and quit when they are used.

 

Front pads were at about 50% this spring, and rear shoes were 30%....Do you think they'd wear down that quickly?

 

I had a similar situation, only they squealed when I turned side to side unless I put my foot on the brake. It turned out that the wheel bearings were worn just enough to cause the rotor to be off center and rub on the brake pads. Repacked the front wheel bearings and the noise stopped.

 

I don't know anything about "quickly", all I know is what causes the noise. Go take a look.

 

Easy enough to check - I'll pull the front wheels tonight.

 

Brakes looked good, I even called my neighbour over (But he didn't have time to look anything else over) and he said they should have at least 2 summers left in them...

Any other ideas?

 

Did you check to see if the audible wear sensor was touching the rotor?

It's a tab of thin metal that hangs off the end of a pad. It often gets bent to where it touches the rotor long before the pad is actually worn out, during installation or whenever. Just dropping the box with the pads in it can do that to it.

 

If you have the iron front calipers on the car, the pads wobble alittle in the caliper and can make a clicking type sound. When you apply the brake, pressure forces the pad against the rotor and the sound will go away until the brakes are released. Does this noise happen sometimes when you first engage your brakes? If so, this is the cause. Other times it may happen when you hit a bump or dip in the road.

If the brakes Squeal then its wornout pads.

Try this, reach in and jiggle the pad while the caliper assembly is all intact. You will feel and see the pad moving around and should be able to duplicate the clicking sound slightly.