What is this annoying sound?

Question

When driving my car, it makes a annoying scraping sound...seems to be in the passenger side wheel as it goes around. What could it be, and how much will it cost me!!!??!! I'm going to take it in to be serviced tomorrow but want an idea.

Answer 1

Your brakes have a squeal indicator. If the sound goes away when you hit the brakes... time for a brake job. If it is a steady growl noise when brakes applied, you are metal on metal and need brakes ASAP.
If the noise is not affected by braking... you are into a wheel bearing issue. Again get this looked at ASAP. Before you loose a wheel.
If the noise gets worse when turning... you are looking a a CV shaft bearing.

For a more accurate answer, please provide more details. Including the type of vehicle.

Answer 2

Those are the ball joints and CV joints:

they cost about $150 to $175 for each side.

They are a pain to change as the swaybar (torsion bar) needs to be deflected about an 1.5" inward toward the engine to get the pivot bolt hole to line up and get the pivot bolt started.

CV joints, if the boots are not cracked/leaking and the front end isn't clicking while under load in corners, leave 'em be. I just replaced both outer CV's on my car and I scored a great deal at $85 each. They're over $120 from the dealership. Changing the outers and inners requires a external c-clip removal tool (it may not be required, but it sure makes things easier).

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Sounds like your right front brakes pad is gone. You may be rubbing metal to metal. If you are depending on what kind of car it is. You will need a new rotor, and brake pads. Get new pads on both sides on the front. You may have them check your brake caliper on the right side also, sometimes they go bad or stick and wear your brake pads out really fast. Depending on the car, It might not cost so much.

Answer 4

That sound could be your brake caliper hitting the brake rotor. If you have not damaged the brake rotor too much, you are looking at about $300 for brakes, turning the rotor on a lathe and a new caliper. Add another $150 - 250 (depending on the car) if you need new rotors

Answer 5

It's hard to say what it is until the wheel is pulled off and things are examined. It could be a dragging brake caliper, it could be a bad bearing, or a bad CV joint. Depending on the source, it could cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to over a thousand! Good luck!

Answer 6

A wheel bearing is the best answer. To test the theory, drive as you normally do. If you continue to hear it, even without braking, it is a bearing. If you hear it worse when you break, or if it goes away when you do - you have a break issue. Either way, metal on metal sounds are never anything you should continue driving on.

Answer 7

Brake pad. If its just the pad, $50. Could go up if the rotor is damaged. Might also be the CV joint (expensive) if you have front or all wheel drive.

Answer 8

check the wheel well on the side that the sound is coming from. there may be something protruding that the tire scrapes against when the wheel rotates during turning.

Answer 9

It means your brake pads are rubbing against your brake disk. If you fix it now, you can buy brake pads for $15 bucks. At Midas it'll cost you 300 bucks, if you wait then you'll have to get a brake disk for 45 dollars. If you contact someone on www.craigslist.com maybe 100 bucks to fix at the most. There you go, get if fixed don't procrastinate, its gets louder and louder and scarier and scarier.

Answer 10

Sounds like a worn brake pad, be sure they check that. Also ask them to DRIVE the cars to determine what the noise is!