Technical Steering question?! Scraping sound

[Leonrox557]

Right so basically I've noticed this noise for a while now!

When cornering hard/sharp it almost sounds as though the front disks are scraping against something?!

I've have my wheels tracked and balanced so it's not a problem there, there's no play or usual movement when driving and it mainly seems to be on the drivers side (although that may be just because I'm closer to it)

Any ideas what it could be? And or how to sort it?!

Thanks

Leon

 

[Magic Johnson]

Could be a spring mate. Doubt it's anything to do with brakes.

 

[JimbbobW1977]

Get your discs and pads checked for wear. Brakes can scrap when low

 

[Leonrox557]

Get your discs and pads checked for wear. Brakes can scrap when low

Well the thing is it only happens when cornering sharply! Surely if it was low wear then they would scrape all the time?

 

[Leonrox557]

Could be a spring mate. Doubt it's anything to do with brakes.

Well it's not a knocking noise associated with suspension :-/!?

 

[Numptey]

Have any of the neighbours lost a cat lately, one with a big collar, might be stuck in your steering. Easy to check though, dried blood spattered everywhere
Other than that I would check the brakes as well or may need a clean, are you braking when cornering and hence the noise?

 

[Leonrox557]

Have any of the neighbours lost a cat lately, one with a big collar, might be stuck in your steering. Easy to check though, dried blood spattered everywhere
Other than that I would check the brakes as well or may need a clean, are you braking when cornering and hence the noise?

Haha nooo, no cats in my wheel arches! The dogs wouldn't let any near house so I'm pretty sure I don't need to worry about checking for dry blood !
Nope, not breaking through corners.. Gotta power through them

 

[Numptey]

Is it gentle corners, sharp corners or all corners?

 

[Leonrox557]

Is it gentle corners, sharp corners or all corners?

This is probably going to sound obvious/stupid but not through small corners, the harder and fast I turn, the louder it is

 

[edesl]

This is probably going to sound obvious/stupid but not through small corners, the harder and fast I turn, the louder it is

I experience this grinding noise as well, when there is slow sharp cornering to the right. When the car gets into straight, in 10-20 meters it has gone.
I suppose it could be something around the steering system, but I am not expert what is exactly could be.

 

[Leonrox557]

It's a tin/metal scraping sound. I'm sure it's the disks :\!

 

[GavinAshford]

From your description I had a very similar thing earlier this year and I can pretty much guarantee that its the thin metal brake disk protector behind the disk that catches on the disk itself, probably catching now as some rust has
built up. It also only made noise when cornering for me too, I'm still not sure why.

Just take the wheel off and prise it back a bit with a screwdriver - be careful not to scratch the rear of the disk itself though.

Circled here (sorry for the photo, it was the best I could find in a short search...)

 

[Leonrox557]

GavinAshford Thanks for the reply, tbh this seems the most likely thing as that's more inline with what I was thinking from the sound! I'll get my wheel of soon and have a look !

 

[Numptey]

Yep looks like that might be it, job done problem solved.

 

[Magic Johnson]

Well it's not a knocking noise associated with suspension :-/!?

Faulty suspension doesn't have to knock. I had a sheared spring and it made a scraping sound under load. You say it only does it when cornering hard, hence my guess.

':-/'

I was only trying to help.

 

[Leonrox557]

Faulty suspension doesn't have to knock. I had a sheared spring and it made a scraping sound under load. You say it only does it when cornering hard, hence my guess.

':-/'

I was only trying to help.

Haha I know you were, appreciate it! I will investigate both problems as soon as I can !

 

[Andynbr]

It's also worth checking any drive shaft gaters are intact and not split. If the gaters are damaged and water can get in, the bearings can get dirt in them and can make scraping / clicking noises when turning sharply. I've had this happen on a couple of cars now.

 

[GDRIVER]

Right so basically I've noticed this noise for a while now!

When cornering hard/sharp it almost sounds as though the front disks are scraping against something?!

I've have my wheels tracked and balanced so it's not a problem there, there's no play or usual movement when driving and it mainly seems to be on the drivers side (although that may be just because I'm closer to it)

Any ideas what it could be? And or how to sort it?!

Thanks

Leon

sounds to me that your disks are touching the back plate disk protection. easy job. go to a garage ,or by yourself , and try to bend it a little bit to the points the plate actually touches the disk.

 

[grantm616]

My cars developed this same grinding noise but I've sussed it's only when the steering wheel is adjusted to the lowest setting. Moving up solves the problem. It never made this noise prior to being lowered I don't know if it's links somehow but I just need to raise it about an inch and the problem is gone.