rotary_neubie

Hey how are you guys doin? its been awhile since I've posted on here. Anywho, onto the situation. There is a noise comming from my front end while I drive. 1st I replaced the wheel bearings. It was still there. Then I took a look after the noise came back after the new bearings, and it appeared the outter part of the caliper was actually riding right on the rotor, rubbing. I looked at the gap between the outter, and inner part on the caliper, and compaired it, top to bottom. The bottom of the caliper has an even gap on the inside and out, in conjunction to the rotor, but the top was close, so I put a washer to space the caliper closer to center on the top portion. Also my rotor had been grooved pretty deeply at this time. The noise seemed to go away for awhile, until one day last week, I blew a bearing. Lastnight, I took this washer out, and compaired the gap from the top mounting hole for the caliper, which is attached to the spindle assembily, from that bracket to the rotor, and compaired it to the good side, the passenger side. The gap on the bad side, driver's side, was signifigantly larger than on the passenger. The piece that the calliper bolts to looks straigt to me, which leads me to finally believe that the spindle is bent. Does anyone have and ideas or input on this? The problem has been around since I bought the car 3 months ago, on and off. I can now probaby tear apart the front end with my eyes closed. Any help or thought will be appreciated. Sorry so long, hard to describe. Thanks.

rotary_neubie

anyone?

rotarydankus again

man that is some wierd shiite , but i have seen it before , the inner bearing race deforms the roter and it no longer holds the race sqaure, the longer you drive it the worse it gets, then you tear it apart and its centered again then you drive it and ***** again . this is also why the bearing chunks, so get rotahs my friend . hope it helps trev

KehoeAutomotive

I realize you replaced the wheel bearings.

Did you replace the races too?

Often that little detail can make the difference.

JIMMY54

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What kinda sound is it?

Is it only one side?

If it is one side only take both assemblys off and compare the differences.

The only diff should be the bracket that holds the caliper on. There is a left and right side.

At the same time you can paint your brakes and remove the dust shields..... AKA possible cause of noise. They ususally bend really easily and make all kinds of noise.

Hope that helps at all.

rotary_neubie

So far the pads have been replaced, the rotor, all the little clips that hold the pads in, and the bearing, along with the races. To the eye, it looks like the rotor isn't square on the spindle. If you look behind the rotor, down to where the spindle goes in the back of the rotor, the gap between the top part of this region, and bottom, is visably different. It is not like this on the opposite side of the car, it is even over there, leading me to believe the spidle is bent.... Opinions?

KehoeAutomotive

I would suggest that you takne the Rotor off of one side and move it to the other. That way you can determine if it is the spindle or the rotor/bearings.

Are you sure that the races are pressed in all of the way?

I've never heard of a spindle bending without being in a accident of some sort.

rotarydankus again

dude its the freakin roter man get another and quit wasting your time , if you alreqady replaced the bearings more than once then you know im rite.

rotary_neubie

Look "dude" for the second time, I have already replaced the rotor, so no, you are not "rite" I have a brand new rotor on there.

Yes the races are pushed in all the way, there is a good chance that this car may have been in an accident before I bought it, I am not sure if it was. Well the spindle is going in tommorrow I guess to get checked out, we'll see then.

rotary_neubie

I have to apologize for being so bitchy in my last post, I was quite frustrated at the problem. Well turned out the problem was the spindle, out by an 1/8th of an inch. Got it straightend for a 26 of crown royal. No more noise. Again, sorry bout the last post.