Odd noise from front of Classic
 

Hi all

Wonder if you might give me some pointers.
I have an odd rubbing/squealing sound which appears to be from the front near side. First thought was something perhaps lodged in the disc calliper. Not that, so pulled and pushed to check for wheel bearing play, bearings appear to be tight. No damage to drive shaft shields, but not sure how to check those - except to say there is no obvious play.
The noise only seems to occur on cornering, both left and right at low speeds.
The brake discs and callipers were all renewed last year.

Any ideas please.

Corroded brake disc/dust shield.

Not that we can see. Has this happened to you?

Yes,mine was rear and slowly got worse.


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Wow, thanks for posting the image.
Mine do not have that level of corrosion, just some surface rust and not distorted.

What wheels and tyres are you running(size)

Just standard stuff.
Hankook Ventus Prime2 K115 205/50R16 91 W XL, MFS
BTW, these work well on the Classic, quiet, great road holding and no tram-lining.

grab a 32mm socket and just check the tightness of the drive shaft/hub nuts, just to rule it out.

Might be a sticking piston?

I will give that a try. thanks for the suggestion.

It only seems to make the noise when the wheels are not running in a straight line. So probably not brake related.

Almost certainly the wheel bearing from description, despite not being able to detect a wobble. I never was able to detect a wobble on mine, but eventually the brake pad knock back from turning became so bad it became obvious.

Other people have said to push brake pads right back into the caliper and try and wobble again - although I have never tried this myself. to be honest I think you just have to put so much load on them to get any movement you'd still struggle.

Having exhausted the other possibilities, I think that you are right, it has to be the bearings. The strange thing is that the noise only kicks in after the car has done a few miles from cold.

I have got it booked in to a garage and hopefully all will be revealed and fixed.

Many thanks to all for your help with this.