Rear brake guards

[wallybanger]

Today coming home i heard a loud bang from the back of the car then a rubbing noise metal on metal turns out that the guard has completely came loose and started rubbing on the disc! has anyone seen this before?? seems a bit strange! now iam goin to have to lift the caliper assembly off and the disc and most likely replace it .

[Tfsi_Mike]

Its a hourendous noise isnt it.

I sometimes get stones between the disc and guard and it makes the same noise

[wallybanger]

Your not jokin !  Its just hanging in behind the disc nothing seems to be holding and i cant be bothered fixing it tonite ! may just turn the radio up 

[RedRobin]

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Don't let the stone score your disc though!

I seriously wonder if it's worth having these guards at all. I have them on the front but not on the rear brakes.

[wallybanger]

There def isnt a stone there! its the guard that is touchin the disc just ever so slightly ! the joys........ hahaha

[luckyGti]

I had the same terrible noise the other week and saw that my rear grit guard was extremely close to my disk, I ended up bending the disc guard back a couple of centimetres and so far so good.