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HELP! my rotor is being eaten away alive

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Old 04-30-07, 01:27 PM
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Exclamation HELP! my rotor is being eaten away alive

Ther were some werid noise coming out from the front left wheel..i thought it was a bad wheel bearing but when i checked out the brake rotor, the outer ridge is being eaten away!!! (about 1/2 inch wide around the rotor, and about 1/32 inch deep). what is wrong with my caliper/pads or perhaps my suspension? i do have worn out lower control arms bushings.

The grinding noise only occurs when i'm traveling at low speeds, and only when i'm not braking.

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Old 04-30-07, 02:16 PM
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Either your caliper's piston is probably seized, or the caliper slider.. It happened to my mom's camry
Old 04-30-07, 05:47 PM
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one of the brake caliper bolts may have backed out and left the vehicle....pull the wheel off and check!!! or the pads maybe gone!!
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pads were gone, lol. thanks for looking guys!
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