jenk9988

Hi All,

After some help/advice!
I have noticed a droning noise which is getting worse, at the front of the car when braking from 40 mph approx down to stop (I can also feel a vibration in the brake pedal sometimes). I know it is a very vague question to ask but does anyone have any ideas what it could be? My thought was a wheel bearing but the noise is only apparent when braking would this be the case?

Many Thanks
Jenks

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Do you have grooved discs? Mine do that, slightly.

Or maybe you have some deposits on the discs, clean them off with a couple of "brisk" braking runs.

jenk9988

Yeah have grooved disks and have tried that already, theres also plenty of life in them and the pads.

Billet

iTrader: (60)

maybe they're warped.

jenk9988

No dont think they are warped because I have been driving quite light for a while before the noise started and its kept gettin worse, will have to jack it up 2morro and have a good look

Megaman

iTrader: (4)

pads may be getting low and moving on to that noisey compound?

L.J.F

iTrader: (31)

Seized caliper...

DonNedly

iTrader: (10)

jack it up and check the wheel bearings

jenk9988

New calipers all around and quite a bit of life left in in the pads, 8mm ish

jenk9988

Yeah fisrt thing 2morro - only thing that seems it could be?

DonNedly

iTrader: (10)

it just sounds like text book wheel bearings to me.
Droning noise. Worse when weight is on front of car.
= Check for play in front wheels.

subaruian

iTrader: (4)

+1 make sure your hubs nice un secure aswell

ian

sirsnortalot

Might sound daft but check tightness on the wheel nuts......I had similar noises on a car a few years back and it turned out the garage that changed the tyre hadn't bothered to tighten the wheel properly! Just a thought

jenk9988

Thats what I thought, will give it a good check 2morro - just strange theres no noise any other time. But then again its a noisey car so I may not notice

jenk9988

Did have new fronts in the last 1000 miles - you never know!!

my06 ppp silver

iTrader: (2)

i get this problem also from time to time, i find that pulling over straight away and telling her to get the **** out usually sorts it!

sirsnortalot

PMSL....F**king classic!!!

jenk9988

Very nice

sirsnortalot

Was probably a bad idea for me laughing as much as I did at that comment last night......it didn't go down too well!!

jenk9988

Jacked the car up today and it didnt seem right, when jacking the car up it seemed to keep on getting higher but the wheel was still touching the floor - may just be being paranoid but I do not recall ever having to jack the car that high before the wheel left the floor (had to do it quite alot lately for different things). See photo below-


What do you think?