MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Technical Workshop => Topic started by: hoggj on March 04, 2011, 04:30:18 pm
-
Should i hear a rubbing (light grinding) when i brake (not hard, but when just normal or crawling in traffic) ? have taken it to vw and they said "they r fine with plenty life left in the pads" but they cleaned them and should be ok now? but when i left the noise was still there, when i called them they said "the noise might be the harder pads on this car with it having bigger brake discs.....??.
-
Rusty disc or a stone trapped between pad and disc ?
-
they don't look rusty ? and western said they haved cleaned them ?
-
The sound is normal, might have non oem pads in. Can you still here it when warmed up and used a bit. You would get a grinding sound if the pads were down to the backing, but that is a nasty grinding sound. :scared:
If you look at this pic, you can clearly see there is loads of pad left up against the disc, all you need to do is take a look at your own, and also check the disc for grooves. :happy2:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ftomashandmilly%2FDetailing_pics%2FIMG_2341.jpg&hash=7a831d0c38ea51cb8df76b2aea0a645395684894)
-
Thanks and yes noise still there after warmed up, but it's not a nasty grinding noise and the pads to me do look fine :) thanks for ur help, the salesman at western has said the same thing but did not want him to be just fobbing me of.