Brake Dragging sound

crespoh69

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Hey guys, back in January I did my front brake pads and rotors to try to eliminate some shaking while braking, this solved that issue.

About a week ago my brake booster went out but I was able to swap in a new off brand one over the weekend and it's working fine.

Today though, I noticed that I have scraping sound as if my pads are engaging slightly but it's not to the point where it's causing me to slow down. This is coming from the front passenger side and really I only noticed when I'm driving next to cars or a wall where the noise will echo back into the cabin if the window is open, otherwise I never would have noticed it.

I believe I swapped out this caliper back in 2018 looking at my records and O'reilly has a lifetime warranty on it. Before I go ahead and try to get it replaced though, anything else I can look at that may be the culprit? Braking itself does not seem to be affected but I also know ignoring sounds that shouldn't be there can get expensive so would like to take care of it now rather then later.
 
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Hey guys, back in January I did my front brake pads and rotors to try to eliminate some shaking while braking, this solved that issue.

About a week ago my brake booster went out but I was able to swap in a new off brand one over the weekend and it's working fine.

Today though, I noticed that I have scraping sound as if my pads are engaging slightly but it's not to the point where it's causing me to slow down. This is coming from the front passenger side and really I only noticed when I'm driving next to cars or a wall where the noise will echo back into the cabin if the window is open, otherwise I never would have noticed it.

I believe I swapped out this caliper back in 2018 looking at my records and O'reilly has a lifetime warranty on it. Before I go ahead and try to get it replaced though, anything else I can look at that may be the culprit? Braking itself does not seem to be affected but I also know ignoring sounds that shouldn't be there can get expensive so would like to take care of it now rather then later.
Did you put the pad return springs on correctly? Did you check that there isn't a rock stuck between the rotor and dust shield? Are your slide pins corroded?

When a caliper goes bad it either locks up engaged and drags like hell or it doesn't move at all and you get a pull towards the opposite direction when braking.
 
I believe I swapped out this caliper back in 2018 looking at my records and O'reilly has a lifetime warranty on it..

I'd put money on this being the problem, low quality reman is what O'reilly's sells reason for the lifetime thing.
Jack it up spin tire.
 
I'd put money on this being the problem, low quality reman is what O'reilly's sells reason for the lifetime thing.

Jack it up spin tire.
Plus one on possible caliper issue. I rebuild my own and sand blast them etc. I use rebuild kits from Rick auto to rebuild the calipers. As all they are are o rings and dust boots over the 4 pistons in the caliper.

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[MENTION=164664]brillo_76[/MENTION], Yep, another thing I like is separate the caliper halves you can hone the bores like rear brake cylinders.
 
[MENTION=164664]brillo_76[/MENTION], Yep, another thing I like is separate the caliper halves you can hone the bores like rear brake cylinders.
Oh. I mostly don't have to hone. However it's good to know we can if need be. You need new bolts abs gasket between the halves?

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[MENTION=164664]brillo_76[/MENTION], two O-rings all that's needed when separating caliper.

Honig personal call, Brakes my OCD kicks in Ha.
 
Thanks for everyone's suggestions! I went ahead and pulled off my wheel yesterday fearing the worst...thankfully it looks like the metal T shaped thing that goes between mypads came up from under the bottom metal rod if that makes sense to anyone. I'm honestly not sure how it could even come off the rod unless I never put it on there in January but I would think the sound would have manifested itself back then instead of just now. In any case, I went ahead and moved it behind the rod and the sound disappeared! Hopefully it doesn't show up again!
 
thankfully it looks like the metal T shaped thing that goes between my pads came up from under the bottom metal rod if that makes sense to anyone..

Had that happen once when I didn't pay attention putting it back together correctly. Glad to hear it a simple fix.
 

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