Scraping/rubbing sound when driving
11-05-2017, 03:50 PM
#1
Scraping/rubbing sound when driving So i have this rubbing/scraping going on when i drive. The sound starts once the car is going around 10 mph or so and sounds like it is coming from the front passenger side but i could be wrong. The sound is fairly constant and seems to get worse if i turn the wheel to the left like taking a curve or a turn. Weird thing is if im turning right the noise goes away but once i start going straight again the noise comes back. I have already replaced the usual things like the wheel hub and also just replaced the pads and rotors today as i thought that might be causing the noise since i discovered i had a seized caliper guide pin and my pads and rotors were in bad shape. However the noise is still there and i have no idea what it is...anyone out there have an idea?
11-06-2017, 10:43 PM
#5
in my initial post i stated that i changed the passenger side hub already. I actually changed both hubs out before this about 2 and a half years ago because they both were making noise but the noise was different then the noise im hearing now. I may go ahead and swap out the driver one with the passenger one i just removed since it is still good just to see if the noise goes away. Its odd because the noise is constant if i turn the steering wheel left like taking a curve or a turn but if im going straight the noise only occurs ocassionally and when i turn right i don't hear it really at all
11-07-2017, 07:36 AM
#6
Have you checked out the drive shaft and seen if anything is touching it?
Have you checked the lateral runout between your rotor and pads? (Raise the wheel and spin the hub, with the rotor on by hand, and look for relative movement of the rotor back and forth against the pads.) I would think that with new rotors and pads, this should be perfect, unless you have a bent mount for the brake caliper, etc.
11-07-2017, 02:41 PM
#7
Sorry
What brand/part did you use?
You wouldn't be the first person to put a new hub out out of the box and have it bad. I assume the noise was same before/after that hub swap? Changing both hubs at the same time is a best practice to keep both sides of the car wearing the same. I've also seen odd issues where noises ping pong around the engine bay (the firewall and accessory arrangement isn't symmetrical) and have had a hard time pinning down the side where noises are coming from.
Have you checked out the drive shaft and seen if anything is touching it?
Have you checked the lateral runout between your rotor and pads? (Raise the wheel and spin the hub, with the rotor on by hand, and look for relative movement of the rotor back and forth against the pads.) I would think that with new rotors and pads, this should be perfect, unless you have a bent mount for the brake caliper, etc.
What brand/part did you use?
You wouldn't be the first person to put a new hub out out of the box and have it bad. I assume the noise was same before/after that hub swap? Changing both hubs at the same time is a best practice to keep both sides of the car wearing the same. I've also seen odd issues where noises ping pong around the engine bay (the firewall and accessory arrangement isn't symmetrical) and have had a hard time pinning down the side where noises are coming from.
Have you checked out the drive shaft and seen if anything is touching it?
Have you checked the lateral runout between your rotor and pads? (Raise the wheel and spin the hub, with the rotor on by hand, and look for relative movement of the rotor back and forth against the pads.) I would think that with new rotors and pads, this should be perfect, unless you have a bent mount for the brake caliper, etc.
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11-08-2017, 11:48 PM
#9
Well i had my wife sit in the passenger seat while i drove just to try and confirm that the sound is indeed coming from the passenger side and it definitely seems like it is. At this point i dunno what it could be however one thing i did notice when i was changing my brakes was that the passenger side caliper was alot harder to compress then the driver side so maybe its sticking or something?? Other then that i really have no ideas.
12-15-2017, 09:54 AM
#12
Still no idea where the sound is coming from hopefully next week i will be on vacation and i will be able to look into it more. One thing i recently noticed that is kinda odd is if im on the highway doing 60 or so then hit the brakes to slow down the noise gets very loud and rapid for a second then goes away.