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Code54
Elite Member
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2005
- Messages
- 4,308
- Location
- Putnam Co. West Virginia
- Tractor
- Kubota MX5100, Kubota BX25D,1957 Farmall Cub Lo-Boy Kubota KX91-3, BCS 853
I got under it today and found the new calipers move nice and freely. There is no parts of the clips touching the disc. The wheel bearings seem perfect, NO movement in the wheel at all - I pushed, pulled, rocked, kicked, etc all while on the lift and it does not move, pop, wiggle nothing, made me feel better.
I then looked at the pads, look ok, they are sort of loose fitting in the caliper, more so up front than the rear. I pulled on all the dust shields to make sure they were not dragging. Spun the wheel, no noise really, nothing metal sounding at all.
Off to a test drive. Everything cold coming out of the garage, NOTHING, not a squeak... Made it about 1/2 mile, nothing, 3/4 mile, humm I think I heard something. 1 mile, making a turn, yep it is back - the scraping sound. If I drag the brakes it quits, let off and keep turning the scraping is back. Looked at the rotors and nothing making odd marks on them.... Im stumped, maybe the pads are shifting and contacting the rotors in the turn????? I did not have any of the paste to put on the backs of the pads here at home but that is only possible idea I have left. Well ok, I can only drive straight and brake in every turn but that seems a bit cumbersome....
This is weird! Maybe I need to pull the front pads, and put ceramic on the fronts? Someone said it is supposed to have them even through the auto parts places said there computer did not list them for that application.
I then looked at the pads, look ok, they are sort of loose fitting in the caliper, more so up front than the rear. I pulled on all the dust shields to make sure they were not dragging. Spun the wheel, no noise really, nothing metal sounding at all.
Off to a test drive. Everything cold coming out of the garage, NOTHING, not a squeak... Made it about 1/2 mile, nothing, 3/4 mile, humm I think I heard something. 1 mile, making a turn, yep it is back - the scraping sound. If I drag the brakes it quits, let off and keep turning the scraping is back. Looked at the rotors and nothing making odd marks on them.... Im stumped, maybe the pads are shifting and contacting the rotors in the turn????? I did not have any of the paste to put on the backs of the pads here at home but that is only possible idea I have left. Well ok, I can only drive straight and brake in every turn but that seems a bit cumbersome....
This is weird! Maybe I need to pull the front pads, and put ceramic on the fronts? Someone said it is supposed to have them even through the auto parts places said there computer did not list them for that application.
