Good Morning, last week Saturday, my front passenger tire started to make some squealing noise for a few min anytime I drove but when i press the brakes it goes away. I searched up on the internet that provided me with info on the problem, and i found that it could be my caliper going bad. So I jacked up the car, took off the wheel, and took a look at my brakes and everything. Brakes are good(2 months old), there aren't any oil leaks,and there are no torn boots. I realize that on my rotor (2 months old) that the front has white streaks, and the back has none. So I switched the brakes side and installed them in. Now today I still has the squealing noise is permanent whenever I move forward and turn right but when I turn left it stops. Is it my caliper (because out of all the 2 year of having the car that's the only thing I didn't change) or is it something else? I was just going to a mechanic shop to see if they can help but they might charge me a arm and a leg for something they didn't fix?

 

metal squealing noise? if so sounds like the caliper is the issue but It's weird when it stops when you turn left.

 

If it is the caliper they very rarely go "bad" they just need minor servicing - clean them well also clean and regrease the pin... this should be a standard service when doing pads but almost no one does this. Very cheap to do, doesn't take long, but is quite messy. Not a bad idea to do this service now just as a precaution and eliminate one possible cause.

 

This is how is sounds. The first audio file is when I have the windows down. The second one is when I have the windows up. If you listen closely you can hear it.

 

it's hard to tell but the 003 file sounds like a squealing belt. any chance you can tape a recording device closer to your passenger wheel well?

 

Alright 2nd try audio. The first one is windows down closer to the passenger feet side. And the second on is closer out the windows towards the tire. If you listen u can hear the noise stop that's where I turn left.

 

definitely not a squeaking belt. file 4 sounds like a bad wheel bearing. there is some other metal on metal contact as well. maybe caliper is seized? those are my two guesses.

 

Those belt are brand new I replaced them in April with the power steering pump because the pump went bad. The wheel bearing and the hub is like a year or 2 old because I broke one of the nuts trying to get the tire off. So it has to be the caliper because the sound change when i swap the brakes on both sides yesterday and when I press the brakes it wasn't going away.

 

I would clean and grease your caliper pins very well and then see if the issue goes away and make sure all of those metal shims on your brake pads are installed properly... cost of that is zero, just about an hour worth of work.

 

While i was dealing with the caliper i went and check on the bearing.

Question should my whole wheel bearing be moving with the wheel hub. I can push the hub in and out a little when I spin it around I'm hearing a scraping noise inside. Does this mean the bearing is bad?