brakes making a scraping noise

Hintza

A long spin won't do it. Get on the brakes as hard as you can (safely) a few times and that should clear it up (if it is rust).

My car failed its mot because of this but a quick buff sorted them out. It had been sitting a few months though.

Rear brakes are more likely to suffer from the problem.

Now if it was screeching I would be more worried.

decsdad

I know someone else advised against them, however kwik fit will check them for free,(on the website) and give a printed report, which you could take back to the garage where you bought the car. I would also nip out and have a look yourself while kwikfit have the wheels off.
Might be advisable if your usual garage says there is a problem- second opinion and all that, more ammo.

cyclonebri1

decsdad wrote: »

I know someone else advised against them, however kwik fit will check them for free,(on the website) and give a printed report, which you could take back to the garage where you bought the car. I would also nip out and have a look yourself while kwikfit have the wheels off.
Might be advisable if your usual garage says there is a problem- second opinion and all that, more ammo.

:wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

but if you do value qrikcrapz opinion, well,:silenced::silenced::silenced::wall: again.

decsdad

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

:wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

but if you do value qrikcrapz opinion, well,:silenced::silenced::silenced::wall: again.

Calm down,
I did say it could be worth it if his/her usual garage says there is a problem, as a second opinion with a written report to take back to the vendor. Also an opportunity to have a peek yourself while its up.

I did not say, Kwik fit are really good, they will find the problem, they know their stuff.

somech

problem is kwik fit are very good at finding faults that dont exist

cyclonebri1

decsdad wrote: »

Calm down,
I did say it could be worth it if his/her usual garage says there is a problem, as a second opinion with a written report to take back to the vendor. Also an opportunity to have a peek yourself while its up.

I did not say, Kwik fit are really good, they will find the problem, they know their stuff.

But you posted a suggestion to take the car to crapfit, which is very poor advice in the light of the experience of the vast majority who post on here.

That makes you fair game in my view;)

I wouldn't value quickcrap as a 22nd let alone 2nd opinion. :rotfl:

Inactive

decsdad wrote: »

I did not say, Kwik fit are really good, they will find the problem, they know their stuff.

You may be happy for KwikFit to tamper with your wheel nuts, I would not let them anywhere near mine.

nullogik

C_Mababejive wrote: »

My car doesnt go out to play very often. After a couple of weeks in the garage, i get the scrapey sound too due to a low level build up of surface rust on the disks. As soon as you apply the boots, the disc pads rub on it and it reverberates and sounds a lot louder than it is.

Agree. My car hardly gets usd and my brakes my the same sound as well - like a tatty old minicab's. A few hard applications of the brake (watch out for any cars behind first) should help to grind some of the surface rust off.

spaceman5

well i took it to the garage i always use, and they inspected it and the back brakes were completly gone:eek:(alledgedly when i took it back to where i brought it from last week, they only checked the front brakes:(), and just for good measure when they they went to start to get it off the ramp they turned the key and nothing happened, turns out the alternator is also goosed:mad:, used car dealer i brought it off not happy when i eventually got it back to him, but has agreed to do the work free gratis:T:T

rev_henry

spaceman5 wrote: »

well i took it to the garage i always use, and they inspected it and the back brakes were completly gone:eek:(alledgedly when i took it back to where i brought it from last week, they only checked the front brakes:(), and just for good measure when they they went to start to get it off the ramp they turned the key and nothing happened, turns out the alternator is also goosed:mad:, used car dealer i brought it off not happy when i eventually got it back to him, but has agreed to do the work free gratis:T:T

Good you've got to the bottom of it. Also extremely lucky you were at the garage when it wouldn't start!