Whenever I accellerate my left front wheel makes a chirping dragging sound. When I break it sounds like the noise gets louder then when I come to a stop it subsides.My mechanic alreadyh told me I need new wheel bearings, i have alredyh fixed the axel barrings on the car, so I wanted to know could the noise be fixed possible because of bad break pads or something or if I just need to go ahead and replace the axe barrings too.
2007-09-29 08:20:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Sounds like a bad ball joint. If it does it while you turn especially, thats probably it.
2007-09-29 15:30:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your hope and salvation is the most common cause of this problem; excessive movement of the brake pads. Common causes are incorrect, missing or worn shims, poor adhesion of the brake pads to the shims or caliper piston (can be cured with some copper grease),excessively worn brake pads, missing spring clip (your mechanic should have noticed as obvious), a warped rotor- although this is not usual for the symptoms you describe.
But this can be caused by wheel bearings and by virtue of the symptoms being present whilst accelerating AND braking I would lean more towards a wheel bearings issue.
2007-09-29 08:52:38 · answer #2 · answered by Solid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
normally, brake pads chirp or squeek when worn as a reminder to you to get em fixed, but they usually stop chirping when you step on the brake pedal. Wheel bearings usually continue to chirp or squeel even when you step on the brake. I'd get those wheel bearings check and replaced if need before the ruin the race and cost you a bunch of money to replace.
2007-09-29 08:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently your brake pads are the type that have the wear indicator that hits the rotor and makes the screeching sound on purpose to let you know you need to get new front brake pads. Do it now because you'll ruin the rotors if you wait too long.
2007-09-29 08:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like it is the brakes. Look at them & see how much pad you have left. If thats not it, I'd say go to a different mechanic.
Good Luck!
2007-09-29 08:31:53 · answer #5 · answered by Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds to me a just oxidation on the rotor/pads
2007-09-29 08:27:47 · answer #6 · answered by John St.Louis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋