Tego

Today I noticed that my car is making a grinding noise whenever I brake a low speeds. The pads have a lot of life left and the rotors seem to be in good condition. What do you guys think it is?

imported_GoldBadge

Might be your drums. Something could be stuck in them and making it sound bad. Is it a grinding noise like when you grind your gears or is it more of a rubbing noise?

cibs

yeah, check your drums

Tego

Rubbing, but the noise is coming from the front.

cibs

did you actually look at them carefully? or did you just look at them through your rims

imported_Torrey

Mine make the same noise. But I know its my rotors, and my rear drums are worn as well.

(I'm doing a x drilled gsr brake swap within a weeks time.)

Younes Si

I was thinking of drums as well

Tego

Looks like I'm either taking it to Honda or Speedy to get my brakes checked and if worse comes to worse...I'm buying Euro-rotor/Brembo blanks with hawkpads. Wish me luck guys!

Tego

I've been reading H-T and they say OEM rotors and Brembo Blanks are not that much different if not very little. It's a "wear item", pretty much why pay more when they're only going to do wear one way or another. Slotted/drilled, I'm not even looking at those, pretty much only for track use only, I'm only going to upgrade the brake pads to the Hawks and go with OEM rotors.

imported_GoldBadge

I think Brembo blanks are less prone to warping. That's the real difference.

Gunmetalef

my toyota made that noise for a bit then just went away... no big deal dont worry about it

imported_Mischev

i had the same problem (well i still do) the mechanic said it was the rust, i have crap rotors, but my car stops, so its all good till i can afford a wicked brake system

Bovolu

have the same problem.. and my buddy has the same problem.. only happens at low speeds and when i have my summer wheels on.. doesnt make the noise when im riding on steelies... mechanic couldnt really give and explanation and said it was because of the weight of the wheels.. i wouldnt be too concerned about it

boroDC4

nothing to worry about.

check if there's meat in ur pads, and as long as ur stopping, ur good.

i think it's coming from ur brake pad shins, cause it's comin for the front, i assume u have rear drums.

make sure the shins are properly in, and if anything, squeeze some 'squeal stop' on ur pads/calipers. it's a thick gel like.

don't waste ur money bringing it to speedy.
they're gonna replace everything from ur brakes to ur rad or something stupid.

imported_BoOsTd

you really have to swing the caliper away from the rotor to see the whole surface of the pad to make a safe judgment of pad ware... allot of the time just looking at the edge of the pad while the caliper is normally installed gives a false impression of the actual pad ware. Maybe you are down to the metal lining.

Tego

I just got back from the Honda dealership and it is now all fixed! It was just the brake pads, I'm glad it wasn't worse.