Hi, I’m Mike from 1A Auto.
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On our vehicle, while we're turning, we're
getting a scraping noise from what sounds
like the brake area or suspension area.
So we'll put it up in the air and inspect
it.
As you can see, we're going to inspect the
brake rotor and pads.
There is a lot of rust on the edge of this
brake rotor, and that is very common because
these are just raw steel and your brake pad
rides here so that is constantly being cleaned
off of rust.
The edges don't get any sort of clean or anything,
it builds up and as the rotors wear you actually
end up with.
You can just see it, an edge, like a lip here.
Behind your brake rotor is a very thin piece
of sheet metal.
It is called a dust shield.
It just keeps rocks and debris from getting
trapped on the brake rotor or contacting them.
It also keeps like water and stuff from getting
on there as you're driving, mostly like from
getting big splashes.
Where we are in the country, we are in a rust
belt area.
So we do get a lot of rust buildup on these
parts.
And as we're going around the corner, taking
a left, there is a small amount of play in
the wheel bearings.
The brake rotor does kind of shift in, so
I'm just going to simulate that, so as you're
cornering, this is actually getting, I can't
push the break rear in.
I'm going to simulate it by pushing in the
dust shields so it's just touching.
And I can just kind of see.
I can also see right here, there's fresh metal
scrapped away.
See rusty and shiny, so it's scraping there.
As we are going around the corner, it's a
lot louder as we're driving, but it's scraping.
Around the corner it's just hitting little.
The rotor here has rusted unevenly on it's
edge, so it might hit, not the entire time,
but some of the time.
We're also inspecting the brake pads.
These brake pads have 4mm left.
Typically, new brake pads are 8 to 10mm, so
these aren't terribly worn, there's still
plenty of life left in them.
You could replace the rotor and the pads and
that would eliminate your noise.
But if you don't want to replace them just
yet.
You can take a flat bladed screwdriver and
just gently pry the dust shield away a bit,
it is just sheet metal.
It will bend, and we'll just give it a little
bit of clearance.
That should alleviate the noise for now until
it's time to change these pads and rotors.
If it turns out after inspection you do need
to replace your brakes and it's not just simply
a dust shield contacting them making a noise,
you can purchase new pads and rotors from
1AAuto.com.
We also have installation videos for this
vehicle and many others on our YouTube channel.
Thanks for watching.
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