i just changed my brake pads a few weeks ago and about a week ago my right front brake seems to be dragging or grinding or somthing not locking but making scraping and clunking noises havent checked it out yet but does any one know what the prblem could be? also since the pad change my brake light will come on dim every once in a while but goes away after a few minutes.

 

As for the light, i would check the fluid. A small chance it could be a bad hose.

Have you check the pads? did you make sure to put the retaining clip back on the inboard pad?

 

i check my fluid every day and i remember puting the clips on the front pads and there were nore on the rears.

 

I'd say that hose has gone bad then.

 

the rubber one that hooks to the caliper?

 

yes

 

those symptoms are not caused by the lines. Bad lines will not cause clunking and screething. It will just cause your car to pull to one side during braking. It's something else.

 

the clunking and screetching is probably becaues the caliper is sticking up. Thats either a bad hose or a bad caliper. Since he said the brake light was coming on i'd guess thats because of a bad hose is retaining pressure and messing with the pressure differential switch.

My only other guess would be the pads aren't properly installed, but he seemed confident that he did it right.

 

does the car feel like it has a load on it, like the brakes are dragging, or do you have to turn the wheel to the left to get it to go straight?

 

heh. read his first post again.

 

I did, and what he is describing are sounds. He mentioned nothing of the car having a load or correcting it with steering. I've had both a bad brake line and a bad caliper. Trust me, what he's saying is nothing like that.

 

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my right front brake seems to be dragging or grinding or somthing not locking but making scraping and clunking noises

that was the complete story. Ok so lets discuss this. I've had both problems you are saying he has. Neither are anything at all like he is describing. Now since he says he put his pads on right and recently, I'm gonna assume they are in good shape. So if the calipers lock up, which they do, they wont make any sounds, they'll simply smoke a whole lot, get real hot, etc. unless something is ****ed up with the pads no sounds will be made. A bad brake line will cause the car to pull to one side when the brake pedal is pressed. Even if it causes the pad to drag slightly, which I have never even heard of, it still wont make any grinding sounds or scraping like he is describing. Good pads just dont do that. And if the lines or calipers were bad enough to have ground the pad off already he would know it. There would be no question to that. Please don't try to make me look like a dumbass. I know more than enough about these ****ty brake problems.

EDIT: my guess is if you haven't experianced any of theproblems I mentioned above then you ****ed something up on the install.

 

yea it pulls to the left and the right but it has always done that do to a non existent idler arm busing but the car dose feel like it stuggles a little bit on acceleration. o-yea no screeching just grinding and clunking

 

it does it only when braking or all the time or what?

 

only while i am driving but it stops when i hit the brakes. some times it is louder than other times

 

sounds like the caliper needs replaced. How old are the calipers you have on your car?? Sometimes the seals go bad inside and don't allow the piston to retract. Another thing you could try before replaceing the caliper is to remove it and lube everything up real good...and not just the bolts. Remove those 2 round pieces that are held in place by the rubber grommets on the caliper and lube those up. Thats where the caliper slides back and forth...not on the bolts themselves. Thats the problem I had when my driver side caliper was dragging.

 

Yea that is probably it my calipers are as old as my car. Should I just replace them or should i rebuild them?

 

Replace them, you can go to kragen and with a core exchange you can get remanufactured calipers with a lifetime warranty for about $30 for both sides. While your under there I'd replace the lines too just for the hell of it.

 

O.K. figured it out it was finally warm enuf to work on the car and the problem is ..........................NO CALIPER BOLTS!!!!!!! WHAT THE F@#$???? I hate living in the ghetto

 

thats weird it doesnt show that i just put that message up!

 

Hey I'm having the same problem but it's on my rear brake on the drivers side. It grinds like there are no pads in it, usually at low speeds. The pads are new, the rotor has been turned, and I replaced the caliper once trying to get rid of the grinding noise. I also disconnected my parking break cable at the caliper and it still makes the noise. I'm 100% positive that it's the brake. I just don't know which part. I don't think it's the line because I have a metal line all the way to the caliper. My brake light is not on and does not come on, and I'm not losing fluid, but for some reason I think the pads are sticking to the rotor for some reason. There is usually some paly in the caliper when the pedal isnt depressed, but mine was tight. I can't stand this noise any more and I don't want to take it to a mechanic because all that I've gone to are lousy. Please help.

 

Are your bolts still there? I know it sounds stupid of me to ask but not as stupid as you feel when you look and they arent there (read above post BY blackice

 

Well I looked tonight and I noticed that the caliper was froze. So I went to poop boys and got another, I don't have anyone to help me bleed it yet to find out if it fixed the problem or not, but I'll let you know.