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brake noise
« on: March 04, 2011, 04:30:18 pm »
Should i hear a rubbing (light grinding) when i brake (not hard, but when just normal or crawling in traffic) ? have taken it to vw and they said "they r fine with plenty life left in the pads" but they cleaned them and should be ok now? but when i left the noise was still there, when i called them they said "the noise might be the harder pads on this car with it having bigger brake discs.....??.

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Re: brake noise
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 04:40:40 pm »
Rusty disc or a stone trapped between pad and disc ?

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Re: brake noise
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2011, 04:59:19 pm »
they don't look rusty ? and western said they haved cleaned them ?

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Re: brake noise
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 09:04:02 pm »
The sound is normal, might have non oem pads in. Can you still here it when warmed up and used a bit. You would get a grinding sound if the pads were down to the backing, but that is a nasty grinding sound.  :scared:

If you look at this pic, you can clearly see there is loads of pad left up against the disc, all you need to do is take a look at your own, and also check the disc for grooves.  :happy2:


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Re: brake noise
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2011, 10:52:42 pm »
Thanks and yes noise still there after warmed up, but it's not a nasty grinding noise and the pads to me do look fine :) thanks for ur help, the salesman at western has said the same thing but did not want him to be just fobbing me of.