Originally Posted by
Roty135
Hello. I am by no means a mechanic but I have replaced the lower control arm bearings and several other parts on my crossfire. I have also done brakes on other cars with no issues. Anyways my issue is that my brakes are grinding on my rotors...I had just replaced the brakes and noticed the grinding so I ordered new rotors suspecting the badly scored rotors were to blame...anyways got them in and installed and drove it maybe 100 miles and the grinding noise has not disappeared. It is a fairly loud sound and when I jack up the car and turn the wheel it does not turn freely and the brakes clearly rub on the new rotors. Tried recompressing the piston and thag didnt work. When spinning the rotor you can see it wobble slightly..that is with the newly installed on and the old one and another spare I had not installed yet...thinking maybe the bearings might be causing the wobble I replaced the as well...still terrible grind. So...I dont know what to do..it wobbles and grinds and ive replaced everything I can think of except the hub and the bar the wheel spins on...also what is that called and could the bar be bent? Ive searched the forum and found nothing similair...some help would be appreciated..I hate handing money to the dealer
Since we can't see what you have done it's difficult to troubleshoot but if it didn't grind before replacing your pads and did afterward, I have to assume that you did something incorrectly. Your rotor should not have a slight wobble under any circumstance. I would remove everything, clean everything then very carefully redo everything, checking everything three times before moving on. You should find the problem. Check and follow the procedure in the service manual step by step, don't assume anything just because you have done brakes before. When you're finished, I'm betting things work.