Wheel bearing or Strut bearing
Symptoms: The brake has a 'rub' right on the top, outside edge of the rotor which is shaving the corner off of the rotor. I've noticed an occasional popping from the right front when I make a tight corner turning around in the cul-de-sac.
History: I changed the brakes a couple weeks ago. When I pulled the caliper off, a helicoil fell out of the hole. The thing had been stripped out. There had been a slight issue with rubbing along the top, outside edge of the brake rotor that I (probably wrongly) attributed to the caliper probably being misaligned due to the stripped out hole. I replaced the caliper. Hub?: Last weekend, I noticed the rub was back. I looked and saw that the corner was being taken off of the rotor. I jacked the car up and yanked on the tire to test to see if the bearing was bad. It was nice and tight. At this point I was stumped. Strut bearing?: Over this past weekend, I started doing more research. I discovered on other threads here that there is a strut bearing that can go bad. Being a novice, I had never heard of a strut bearing. Could a bad strut bearing cause my symptoms? What is the most likely issue? If it is the strut bearing, would I purchase a strut mount kit or just a new bearing? (Thanks all for your patience, once again, with a novice mechanic :)) |
The strut bearing is at the top of the strut, attached to the body by the three studs and nuts.
https://www.1aauto.com/chevy-cobalt-...r/i/1asfk01368 your issue seems to be a stripped out calliper mounting thread . you should replace the steering knuckle itself and the rotors https://www.gmpartsgiant.com/oem-che...g_knuckle.html |
Originally Posted by Oldblue
(Post 869225)
The strut bearing is at the top of the strut, attached to the body by the three studs and nuts.
https://www.1aauto.com/chevy-cobalt-...r/i/1asfk01368 your issue seems to be a stripped out calliper mounting thread . you should replace the steering knuckle itself and the rotors https://www.gmpartsgiant.com/oem-che...g_knuckle.html |
I don't understand, could you please post a picture? it's easy, link in my sig.
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You mean which bolt hole had the helicoil
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Originally Posted by Oldblue
(Post 869234)
You mean which bolt hole had the helicoil
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The threaded hole in the calliper brackets, much easier to replace
https://www.autozone.com/brakes-and-.../chevrolet/hhr |
Unusual wear along with a noisy rub on Rotor - 45 degree angle wearing away from outside edge.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...b3292f2e54.jpg Corner wear like this: https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...5992e29d32.png |
Originally Posted by Oldblue
(Post 869237)
The threaded hole in the calliper brackets, much easier to replace
https://www.autozone.com/brakes-and-.../chevrolet/hhr |
I've never seen anything like that. Something metallic is rubbing it, not pads. Maybe wrong size rotor?
The strut has nothing to do with the caliper to rotor geometry. Hubs cause a lopsided wear pattern on the pads and tires. The inside of the tread gets bumpy from bad bearings |
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