My dumb question for today...
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Le Mans Master
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My dumb question for today...
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I am in the middle of taking each wheel off the car and cleaning the accumulated gunk from the wheel wells. (including the grease from a failed 1/2 shaft)
After the right front tire was back on I raise the car back up and gave the wheel a spin. I was expecting it to turn freely but instead there is a scraping sound...as if the brake pads are still touching the rotor.
So
I do the left front. This time I spin the brake rotor without the wheel and tire mounted. Same noise. Imagine holding a piece of paper against the rotor as it spun.
Any thoughts while I still have the left front off.
Wheel Bearings?
Brake problem?
or
Nothing to worry about? (they all do that?)
Thanks for the help.
oh and PS
I don't think it matters on the front wheels, but the parking brake is off.
I am in the middle of taking each wheel off the car and cleaning the accumulated gunk from the wheel wells. (including the grease from a failed 1/2 shaft)
After the right front tire was back on I raise the car back up and gave the wheel a spin. I was expecting it to turn freely but instead there is a scraping sound...as if the brake pads are still touching the rotor.
So
I do the left front. This time I spin the brake rotor without the wheel and tire mounted. Same noise. Imagine holding a piece of paper against the rotor as it spun.
Any thoughts while I still have the left front off.
Wheel Bearings?
Brake problem?
or
Nothing to worry about? (they all do that?)
Thanks for the help.
oh and PS
I don't think it matters on the front wheels, but the parking brake is off.
Le Mans Master
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You want the pads as close to the rotor as possible, without dragging (and by that I mean if you were able to spin the wheel by hand several revolutions, you are fine) so that the pedal travel is nice and short.
