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Old 13 December 2004, 09:08 AM
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Morning,

On Friday there was a terrible noise coming from the car, sounded like i was dragging a hundred baked bean cans under the car. Once I pulled over I reaslised it was coming from my front right wheel, and was worse when I appled the brakes. However, it soon went away and I checked it out as much as I could without seeing anything obivous.

I drove the car briefly on Saturday and it seemed fine, however last night I drove it and there is a very slight vibration to the whole car at around 4000 revs. Does it sound like my pads are welded to the disc? Or worse? Or better?

Any opinions please before I decided whether it's a dealer job (2 hour round trip) or I can trust a Kiwkfitfitter to look at it....

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Old 13 December 2004, 09:37 AM
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Could be pad transfer .......To get rid of the deposit try a few hard high speed braking manovoures. If that diesnt work it could be worn pads, could be warped disks.

Word of warning. Be careful with the local guys, your wheel nuts MUST be torqued to the correct setting. I had 4 studs shear off from the axle after my local numptys torqued my nuts to what they thought was ok.
Old 13 December 2004, 09:42 AM
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Thanks, had new pads and discs in March, felt ok until Friday, think I'll be heading to the dealer ( who put the new pads and discs on )
Old 13 December 2004, 10:33 AM
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What kind of driving do you do in the car? You can kill a set of pads on a track day weekend so if you have done one since march they may well be shot.

Standard scoob brakes are notorious for giving brake judder when being driving very hard with loads of high speed braking.

Wouldn't hurt to check your wheel nuts either though as a precaution
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Have your pads got wear indicators fitted? Could be those!
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