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same issue in my case Willier. next nice day I get here I’m gonna hammer on it a little to push it away from the rotor. Glad my post was helpful.. I’m glad I figured it out after having the passenger side ripped apart 10 times..
your welcome John. I’d check the backing plates for the brakes.. I don’t see what buying another rotor would do besides give me two rotors that scrape.. so instead of grinding/cutting the bracket up, I’ll probably just end up hammering it out away from the rotor. I don’t plan on ever pulling the rotor again anyways now that I replaced the shoes. Rust is inevitable when I live in the rust belt. Pennsylvania.
I honestly thought about just getting another rotor from a different company but they all look to be built the same way. I don’t wanna have two rotors that rub on the plate then.
Just getting frustrated with it and wanna get rid of the noise and a lil irritated with Centric and their tech support.
well. I found the culprit. the rotor is rubbing up against the backing plate. I pulled the rotor off the rear passenger side and after a little inspecting I noticed a spot probably about 1-3″ long that is rubbed down to raw metal on the parking brake back plate that all that mounts to.
I emailed Centric about this and they pretty much blamed it on my car and sent me some PDF explaining all the what/why about it so clearly they know their rotors do this and won’t back up their product. pretty much told me rip that whole side apart and replace everything or grind down the trouble spot. funny how I didn’t have any issues until I installed their rotors on my car.
so guess I gotta go out and get a angle grinder and some grinding wheels.. I guess my question is now would I be better off grinding it down or cutting that spot out of the plate that’s catching the rotor. I did my best to bend it away from the rotor but that still aint got rid of the noise. a new plate runs about $160+shipping and probably a new hub if I gotta smash the crap outta the existing one to get it out.
I thought about taking everything apart but I would literally have to disassemble everything, pull the hub..just to get the plate off and there’s no telling if It’ll even take care of the problem which they blamed on “rust jacking” but if that was the case I would’ve heard it before.
Yeah, I’ve jacked up the front and rear passenger side with the tire on and spun it.. the front is quiet.. the rear makes a little noise like the shoes inside the rotor for the parking brake are making contact but I was under the impression on this car when you adjust those you want to hear that. I’ve checked for play grabbing the tires at 12/6 and 9/3 and they are rock solid.. also peeked at the axles with the tires off in/around the hub and the boots are intact.. no tears… leaks.. etc. I didn’t have any noise issues until I swapped out the rotors/pads. No weird vibrations, shakes, or strange noises while driving.
I guess I need to pull the rear passenger brake assembly apart and look at everything again. Just weird if It was a parking brake adjustment issue because I adjusted both sides of the rear equally and the driver side is absolutely quiet.
Thanks, guess Ill have to look deeper into the rear end if the driver side front spins clean when It’s in the air.