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Funny thing happened yesterday, a little old lady pulled right out infront of me in an intersection. Made a huge screeching noise. I think that I'll look around some junkyards on the net to see if I can get the wheel because the parts car guys either arn't responding or can't figure out how to get the wheel of. (hint hint if there are any parts car guys reading this)
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-Craig Lowthorp, Flagstaff AZ '92 LS-L, Black on White, 136k SOLD '92 LS-L, Black on Silver, 120k SOLD '01 Legacy Outback, White, |
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Would you believe that I put new pads on the front 2 weeks ago and now there is a screeching (on occasion) from the front left wheel assembly - I am not sure what it is and it only sounds intermittent but I am goign to have to save up and also get the rubber surrounds of the pistons done since they have deterioated.
Swimming with the rest of the SVX clan in the money pit!! Come in, the waters warmed by 4EATS!! I have the same problem, my brakes are almost like new and they screech sometimes, when i got 3 weeks ago, thwe guy that sold it to me kept the brakes from before and there not even have used. isnt that odd? |
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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I have noticed some high pitched noises from my brakes on occasion. They never seem to make the noise when they are new. It is always after they have been in awhile. I think it's form a piece of rust on the rotor that fall off and gets in between the pad and rotor surface. I fine that cleaning off all the loose rust will help.
The last time I inspected my rotors I ground off the lip that was forming beyound the pad wear zone. This also seemed to help with noise and braking. The pads had worn down to about 30% left when I did this after about 15 month since new. |
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Err...for some reason my post came up as "rearview" from Canada!!
Being Irish in Australia is confusing enough --- but I hear Canada calling!!! Jamsvx (James, the fellow in Sydney....you know...Camry driving loon with an SVX garage queen!)
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1992 charcoal grey SVX: 27 August 2002 to 27 January 2004 - she will be missed Was back in Sydney for a while but not hot enough so now in Dubai! Has it been that long since I owned SVX-33H! |
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I had some screeching from my front pads and I noticed that I was able to "wobble" the calipers a tiny bit if I pushed/pulled on them 90 degrees to the rotor surface. MoreIBNR (hope I got that right) suggested I check the guide pins as they sometimes work themselves loose.
Checked, they were loose, tightened them and the noise has gone away. Not that it matters, but I do not have stock pads. |
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Thanks for the suggestion, Randy !
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Pearl '92 LS-L 179K (Historic 1st 5-speed SVX) Mods: 5-speed, 4.11's, Group-N motor mounts, dual Magnaflows, cone air filter, Kenwood MP-228 CD/Receiver, white-faced gauges, '97 grill, custom window tinting. Ebony Mica '92 LS 80K Oct 2002 - Dec 2004: Victim of theft. She served me well. You can tell the lack of craftsmanship by the wrinkles in the duct tape. |
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