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Brakes AGAIN!


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Well, I just did the brakes on my car about 1.5 weeks ago. We all know that I eat through the cheap 9 dollar white box specials once a month. With the new pads on, the brake caliper is scraping against the rim, bad. As soon as I touch the brakes, it starts to do that. Originally, it did it on the passenger side front, now it's doing it on the drivers' side. I have no clue what it could be. I've done brakes many many times before.

 

Basically, I'm guess that the caliper is moving when the brakes are being applied. (Tim can quote me on how bad it sounds). It's to the point to where when it starts scraping, you can feel it in the entire car...like I was pressing on the brakes harder, then letting off, and then harder..etc. Anyone have the same issue, or at least have an Idea on what it could be. Did I freeze a caliper and it just not functioning correctly? Maybe Tim and I could get some audio of it.

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I don't want to touch this! but *sigh* here goes.

 

sounds like something major may be wrong, but lets start at the beginning.

 

front or rear brakes?

 

do you have the proper rims mounted on your vehicle? caliper contacting the rim means something AIN'T right. are you sure the noise that you think is the caliper on rim is not really the pad or caliper on the rotor?

 

 

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Well, it's the right front. Disc brakes in front, drums in the rear. I am 99% positive it is the caliper rubbing against the rim. There's scrapes on the rim and the caliper, and they match. The rims are the stock steelies that came with the car. 15" on the tires taht are recommended by the decal.

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hmm honestly that was the first thing that came to my head when you said you were running stock rims/tires...

 

the calipers are installed properly though correct? i guess they would be, prolly only one way to mount them

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AHA! I got it fixed. Wrong size rotors, one of the calipers needs to be replaced, and it was seated correctly.

What???????

the picture you showed us in of a non-W body rim. IIRC those are bonneville/old 88/98/lesabre type rims. If those are the rims on your car, no wonder they lack clearance!

 

HOW can your car have the wrong size rotors? pics?

 

 

 

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the police station that had the car first put them on, and I assumed that they took good care of it. Apparently not. I have the 10 1/2" rotors, when it calls for 11 1/4" rotors. And I figured that pic wasn't of my rims. I can get one up tonight, even though I figured out what the problem was.

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the police station that had the car first put them on, and I assumed that they took good care of it. Apparently not. I have the 10 1/2" rotors, when it calls for 11 1/4" rotors. And I figured that pic wasn't of my rims. I can get one up tonight, even though I figured out what the problem was.

 

Well, its good that you got it fixed!

 

First thing, police stations don't take care of cars at all! I thought all people know that!

 

Second, yeah mid-95 was the change over year to 11.25 rotors. 96+ all got the bigger rotors

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the police station that had the car first put them on, and I assumed that they took good care of it. Apparently not. I have the 10 1/2" rotors, when it calls for 11 1/4" rotors. And I figured that pic wasn't of my rims. I can get one up tonight, even though I figured out what the problem was.

 

Well, its good that you got it fixed!

 

First thing, police stations don't take care of cars at all! I thought all people know that!

 

Second, yeah mid-95 was the change over year to 11.25 rotors. 96+ all got the bigger rotors

 

Depends on the precinct I guess. I see my local cops having their Impalas at my local Chevy dealer for maintenance almost every time I end up having to go there. :dunno:

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the police station that had the car first put them on, and I assumed that they took good care of it. Apparently not. I have the 10 1/2" rotors, when it calls for 11 1/4" rotors. And I figured that pic wasn't of my rims. I can get one up tonight, even though I figured out what the problem was.

 

Well, its good that you got it fixed!

 

First thing, police stations don't take care of cars at all! I thought all people know that!

 

Second, yeah mid-95 was the change over year to 11.25 rotors. 96+ all got the bigger rotors

 

Depends on the precinct I guess. I see my local cops having their Impalas at my local Chevy dealer for maintenance almost every time I end up having to go there. :dunno:

 

Just because they go to the Chevy dealership doesn't mean they do maintenance on time, it just means they know how to spend taxpayers money.

 

Also, cops beat the piss out of their cars whether or not they do regular maintenance.

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