terrorste 0 Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Hi people,I had a nice drive to a friends house in Alfreton last night and halfway through the trip the brake started catching and making a loud humming nosie like the pad is catching on the disk.I reacently had the rear disks and pads changed so the onlything I can think of is there is a problem with the calliper?Any help would be amazing right now. Link to post Share on other sites
terrorste 0 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Anyone? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Nat 9 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Have you checked to see if the pistons are covered in cack? only that when you change breaks and push the pistons in to get the new pads in it can sometimes drag out some stuff with it and make it stick so when you release the brake the piston isnt slipping back into the caliper nicely... try spraying a load of brake cleaner or WD40 on it, let that settle and see if it will free up the piston.... just an idea as i know ive had that trouble on my race bike before... little bit of lube n some pushin n pulling soon made it free again... :) Link to post Share on other sites
terrorste 0 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Ah cheers nat i will give that a go at some point soon. i used to do this to the callipers on my mountain bikes but as its a car i'm dealing with i'm not sure i'm compitant enough. Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 . little bit of lube n some pushin n pulling soon made it free again... :) Let me sit down.....lube.............pushing...........pulling.......mmmmmm Link to post Share on other sites
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cabrioman 6 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 hehe mmmmmm Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 could be the hand brake sticking on aswell mate make sure that nice and free at the caliper end as mk3s are pron to that ..... Link to post Share on other sites
terrorste 0 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 what will i looking at for the handbrake sticking? i am a complete novice when it comes to cars! thinking about it the car only did 900 miles last year so it could be the calliper i suppose? Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 the lever would be stiff or stuck mate mite be worth havin a garage take a look at it if ur not that up on cars especialy with brakes Link to post Share on other sites
terrorste 0 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 The actual handbrake lever or at the calliper end? i want to learn how to do this stuff because i am quite mecanically minded with bikes just not with cars. yet Link to post Share on other sites
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