skimming sound while cornering

[hazzeryoda]

Hi there,

My little colette makes a kind of metallic 'skim-skim-skim' noise when cornering right which somes from the right wheel. Any ideas? I think I had this with a previous micra and the mechanic said its something rubbing against the axle which he quickly whipped off. I cant remember for the life of me what bit is doing the rubbing. Any ideas?

 

[RTLkyuubi54]

wedge a big screwdriver inbetween the ball joints and the bushes and see if theres any excess movement. Has to be jacked up.

 

[Courior]

have you got bigger wheels?? could be that.. or maybe the brake disc protectors are rubbing on the disc?

 

[whipit]

Coming from the front or rear???

 

[hazzeryoda]

Yes its the front right side.

I think you are right in that it is coming from the brake protectors. What do these look like and should I just whip them off or can I bend them back?

H

 

[ollyc98]

I do believe these can be bent slightly with a pair of grips/ screwdriver.

 

[hazzeryoda]

what do they look like and where are they?

and are they also known as 'baffle plates'???

 

[ollyc98]

They go around the discs and are pretty much just rusty tin plating.

 

[james betley]

where tour front discs are their is a shield round them all you need to do is bend it back you carnt miss it it is on the inside of the discs

 

[SammoHung]

Yes Agree
Ive had this a few times too

the brake disk shields are normally very close to the rotating disks and as they get older they rust up or can get some crap or a stone wedged in them...or as the rust swells and flakes it touches the disk.....

the result is that you get this scraping sound...(verry embarrassing LOL)

be brutal with either a screwdriver or grips / pliers and bend the shield away from the disk a little all the way around

 

[Courior]

As these look ugly through alloys, can they be removed??

 

[superls]

surely if it were the disk backing thing, it would do it all the time, not just when cornering?

unless something was loose or worn such as the wheel bearing.

 

[sonic]

if they are rusted thin then centrifugal force when cornering will make the disc shields flex, this will in turn allow them to contact the disc.

 

[K10]

As these look ugly through alloys, can they be removed??

yes!

the dust goes everywhere though.

 

[Arnold]

they also protect from stones, water, wildlife etc when driving, which could be quite dangerous if you take them off. I'd personally just bend them back.

 

[K10]

I really wouldn't lose sleep over it

think of it as free cooling