My OB suddenly developed a grinding-type noise from the front passenger-side wheel. It's almost like the sound that brake pad wear indicators make ("squeelers"), but a couple of things are different. One is that it came on suddenly. It also is noisy all of the time, brakes applied or not applied. It MIGHT be changing a bit when applying the brakes, but not much.
I am thinking that it might be something as simple as a small pebble that got caught between the metal shield (that's behind the rotor) and the rotor. Because I also think I can hear a tinny, clanging type of sound, that sounds like the metal shield vibrating. I've had something similar happen with other cars, but never this one. In the other cases, it went away after a couple of days, either because the pebble just fell out, or it got ground down enough to fall out.....
I suppose the other possibility might be wheel bearing or CV-joint related - but it just seemed to crop up too suddenly.... I probably won't have a chance to take the wheel off for a good look, for a day or two, so maybe I'll get lucky and it'll just go away! :smile2: On the other hand, my OB has almost 210k miles on it, so anything is possible!
I am thinking that it might be something as simple as a small pebble that got caught between the metal shield (that's behind the rotor) and the rotor. Because I also think I can hear a tinny, clanging type of sound, that sounds like the metal shield vibrating. I've had something similar happen with other cars, but never this one. In the other cases, it went away after a couple of days, either because the pebble just fell out, or it got ground down enough to fall out.....
I suppose the other possibility might be wheel bearing or CV-joint related - but it just seemed to crop up too suddenly.... I probably won't have a chance to take the wheel off for a good look, for a day or two, so maybe I'll get lucky and it'll just go away! :smile2: On the other hand, my OB has almost 210k miles on it, so anything is possible!
