need opinions - Saxperience

WestyVTR · 15th January 2006, 11:44

On my way to work this morning, just as i was due to exit the motor way i started to hear this almighty rubbing, grinding, scrapping noise it seemed to be comming form the rear passenger side, i thought oh S*i% that doesnt sound healthy at all! i slowed right down from 60 to 30 & it was still there! so i gave it a little stick & it eased off! carried on driving, no noise then it juat started again! grinding, scrapping harsh kinda noise, gave it some stick & eased off! as i was comming into work it started again but wouldnt ease off this time....! i could also hear a very high pitched squeeking noise with intermitent squeeking, kinda like a fluttering squeek, this was at the same time as the harsh grinding noise....

any ideas wot it could be!?

hope you can help, i need to sort this asap...

cheers guy & gals

Gav · 15th January 2006, 13:36

are your pads ok. they might have worn or fallen to bits.

WestyVTR · 15th January 2006, 13:48

i tryed the hand brake & that made no difference to the noise what so ever!

timjim · 15th January 2006, 14:05

jack the car up put something under the front wheel to stop it rolling, leave the handbrake off and check for play in the wheel, could be a dead wheel bearing

WestyVTR · 15th January 2006, 14:14

thats what i thought! how do i see if the bearing is fooked or not, just shake the wheel!? expected price for wheels bearings!?

saxx · 15th January 2006, 14:19

your brake isnt stickin is it?

WestyVTR · 15th January 2006, 14:38

no, i was thinking along the lines of bearings! or the likes just want ppls oppinions or weather theyve has this happen at all before... its annoying my car always seems to cry for help on a Sunday!!!

Do you think its worth using my RAC cover & getting it looked at before attemping to limp it home, home is about 10miles away....!

Gav · 15th January 2006, 14:43

thats what its there for m8 get them out.

WestyVTR · 15th January 2006, 14:52

just given then a tinkle on the old blower! be hear at my work in bout 1 and 1/2 hours! hopefully all will be ok... but i wont hold my breath......!

Any other ideas on wot i can ask the guys/gals from RAC to look for when they arrive as they are not saxo experts as sum of us are...

Gav · 15th January 2006, 15:21

all cars are based around the same things.

WestyVTR · 15th January 2006, 15:56

they have ben & gone, he jacked her up both front & rear (oh err mrs) quick drive down the road & all is well, nothing found at all now play in the wheels to suggest bearings have gone, no knocking, scrapping or otherwise probimatic noises... apart from a small diff wyne, he was very impressed with how healthy she sounded at 106.5k! "like new" was his comment....!

Im still not happy or sure all is ok tho... think i will jack her up later & play wiv the caliper, lil WD40 & see if it happenda again!

ideas pls... this has intreeged me now....! you would think a load noise liek it was has an obvious cause....

Gav · 15th January 2006, 17:15

have you got disks allround or have you got drums on the back.

WestyVTR · 15th January 2006, 18:22

shes VTR squire, disks all round... Y do you ask?

Gav · 15th January 2006, 23:57

not got a stone caught in the pad and caliper.

timjim · 16th January 2006, 03:41

weird, intermitent problems are always a bugger to sort out, never show themselves at the time u want them to

WestyVTR · 16th January 2006, 11:58

i thought bout the stone theory, but it wasnt a sharpe scrapping stoney noise! more rubbing, grinding! no scrapes in the disk although it is slightly, slightly warped, wen i tryed to spin the disk it hardly spun at all so i wedged the pads away from the disk, WD40 on all the rubber bits & knocked the caliper about (shouting prefusly) shook it a lil also with both hands, it seemde to move slightly, disk seemed to move more freely after all the comotion so see how we go....

timjim · 17th January 2006, 12:17

didnt think a caliper siezed in position would make a grinding noise, u would hear it rubbing for sure,
anyway good luck

WestyVTR · 17th January 2006, 12:42

cheers, just drivin it carfully at the mo its pain when you run 2 jobs & need the car all the time....!

Ratty · 17th January 2006, 13:42

did the noise slow down when you slowed down? if so its obviously someothing to do with the wheel

WestyVTR · 17th January 2006, 14:04

ive had the wheel off tho & back on. while it was off i played around with the caliper a lil...

its hard to say if it slowed down or not the high pitched qseek did yes, but the scrapping, rubbing noise ws just the same untill i stopped....! then as stated above it was intermitent!

really got me thinkin this has! i may get the bearings bone any how & go from there 106.5k the bearings could do with replacing anyway i guess!?