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05-15-2007, 11:54 AM
I posted this here: http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136408
In that thread, I was talking about a potentially bad wheel bearing, even though I had just changed it 2 weeks earlier. I tore it all apart last night and brought the hub to the machine shop and he assured me that the bearing that is installed now (from 2 weeks ago) is still good.
I am getting a terrible noise and vibration that is in time with the turning of the rear driver's wheel. As I go faster, the sound is heard more frequently. Last night, I got out of the car on a road with a very slight slope and walked next to it as it rolled. I could very clearly hear some sort of binding or rubbing noise from that wheel.
What could it be? Warped rotor? Stuck piston? The car brakes and handles fine, although the vibration is getting intense. The axle boots look good. The bearing on the other side was changed last year.
Any ideas? I have half a mind to take it apart and remove the brake pads then put it back together and do another ultra low speed walk along roll and see if the sound is gone. I don't want to push the piston out of the caliper though - is there anything that will stop that from happening or am I going to have to stop the car myself - meaning fred flinstones-style?
In that thread, I was talking about a potentially bad wheel bearing, even though I had just changed it 2 weeks earlier. I tore it all apart last night and brought the hub to the machine shop and he assured me that the bearing that is installed now (from 2 weeks ago) is still good.
I am getting a terrible noise and vibration that is in time with the turning of the rear driver's wheel. As I go faster, the sound is heard more frequently. Last night, I got out of the car on a road with a very slight slope and walked next to it as it rolled. I could very clearly hear some sort of binding or rubbing noise from that wheel.
What could it be? Warped rotor? Stuck piston? The car brakes and handles fine, although the vibration is getting intense. The axle boots look good. The bearing on the other side was changed last year.
Any ideas? I have half a mind to take it apart and remove the brake pads then put it back together and do another ultra low speed walk along roll and see if the sound is gone. I don't want to push the piston out of the caliper though - is there anything that will stop that from happening or am I going to have to stop the car myself - meaning fred flinstones-style?