Odd rotor gouging
#1
Odd rotor gouging
I will be taking the wheel of later on today when I have a bit more time but yesterday, I started hearing grinding int he front driver's side wheel well. I thought the pads may have been run down lower than I was suppose to but with no high pitch squealing, I thought I would stick my head in there. I saw....
Now, this is not a normal spot for a pad to gouge a rotor. Any ideas here? I am thinking a rock or something may be stuck up there.
I wish I had my stock wheels on right now. They have a bigger gap to view. I just have my winters on right now.
I wish I had my stock wheels on right now. They have a bigger gap to view. I just have my winters on right now.
#6
depending on how deep the groves are, i'd just have the rotors turned. if it is just something stuck in the pads and they have some life left, i'd get it out and sand them down. done that to motorcycle and mountain bikes before with no problems.
if it ain't broke, don't replace it.
if it ain't broke, don't replace it.
#7
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mentor, Ohio
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Interesting!! That pic has a groove like what I found on the inside face of the rotors on my wife's Impala. It was making a squeal like the wear tabs make to tell you it's time to change brakes. Since I have the brakes apart on the Monte, I threw the monte rotors on (Impala has the same pads), no more noise. I'll just replace the brakes on the Monte and call it a day (as nothing else looked out of sorts).
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