funny noises after brake swap
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funny noises after brake swap
I just finished swapping WRX brakes on my '91 L wagon and now only when cornering hard there is a metallic scraping noise. turn left, comes from the right side and vise versa. I don't think its the brakes, theyre dialled and the rotors are perfect. a friend told me to tighten the axle nuts but the little bend-in part hasnt moved, don't see how they could have come loose. could it be a wheel bearing? its a pretty bad sound. not too loud but very grating and metallic. 
1994 Touring Wagon: ruby mica, 5mt swapped
yep wheel bearings, least so i'm told. My front one is messed up pretty bad, one of em at least and both the rears are toast so i've decided to do em all at once.
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what size wheels do you have. You may want to check that caliper is not touching the inside of the wheel. There would probably be scrape marks if it were. Both the caliper and wheel will flex, so if your clearance is pretty small, I'd definitely take a look at it.
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1990 Legacy (AWD, 6MT, & EJ22T Swap)
2020 Outback Limted XT
If you need to get a hold of me please email me rather then pm
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If the caliper isn't touching the wheel, then yes it is wheel bearings. I'm having the same noise and everything is stock on my car...
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1993 Ford Spectron XL-T
1991 Fiat Croma 2.0T i.e.
Another car, soon to be announced
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"Der Wahnsinn ist nur eine schmale Brücke/die Ufer sind Vernunft und Trieb"

