grind from front right brake

[Foxfan88]

i hear this metallic grinding sound all the time now. I just noticed it today. My dad told me he wouldnt be suprised if a rock or some debris got stuck in there.

the rotors look good nothing strange.

any ideas??

 

[ss93cobra]

Either as you've had suggested to you already or the piston in the caliper is stuck.

 

[Foxfan88]

i will check tomorrow, tomorrow the auto teachers lets us work on our own cars so will check it out

 

[srothfuss]

When did you change your brake pads last? Metallic noises are never good and you should take off your wheels to investigate imediately...

 

[Foxfan88]

lol i took her in today, looked at front brakes, nothing wrong, took a test drive again and i guess its from the rear.

I took off the right back wheel, BEFORE i got the drum off, the little clip fell out. After i pulled the drum a couple of springs followed. A spring got caught in the corner of the drum and grinded it down a bit.

But i am pretty sure this happened because we got in a hurry. I was new to rear brakes when we did it and i had 2 expierenced kids help me. It took us a while to get the hang of it. Class was ending soon so we had to hurry, so i and one of the kids got the other on rather quickly. I guess too quickly, i think one of the springs was on the wrong way and came undone.

But i have been doing alot of rear brake work lately, i am getting good at it.
Its not hard its just delicate and its better to have the special tools

 

[Mustang5L5]

All those clips and springs are for the e-brake.

PITA really as mine fell out on me once as well. I had the same grinding noise. I pulled a drum off and half the parts just fell out.

Good thing i have rear disk now. Much easier to deal with

 

[Foxfan88]

yep they were the ebrake parts, drums are no fun