`95 Legacy L & rear brake grinding

[Bradley Walker]

Hello all,

My mom made mention yesterday of noticing a weird grinding noise and feeling
coming from the right rear wheel area of the vehicle when she pressed on the
brake. She first noticed this when driving on the interstate where it only
did it once while getting off at an exit ramp. It didn't make any more
noises until today when it appearantly began happening or at least became
more noticeable more often. When she got home this evening I took the car
for a half mile drive pressing on the brake to slowdown in the road and
drove into a parking lot where I pressed on the brakes somewhat hard to get
a reaction. I heard and felt a VERY noticeable grinding sound and feeling
coming from the right wheel area.

My intial thought was something is wrong with the brake pad or rotor. After
getting out and inspecting the rotor I didn't notice any cracks or any newly
formed grooves in the rotor indicating something might have gotten lodged
between the pad and rotor. Or is all of this a sign of something different?

Bradley

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

Hello all,

My mom made mention yesterday of noticing a weird grinding noise and feeling
coming from the right rear wheel area of the vehicle when she pressed on the
brake. She first noticed this when driving on the interstate where it only
did it once while getting off at an exit ramp. It didn't make any more
noises until today when it appearantly began happening or at least became
more noticeable more often. When she got home this evening I took the car
for a half mile drive pressing on the brake to slowdown in the road and
drove into a parking lot where I pressed on the brakes somewhat hard to get
a reaction. I heard and felt a VERY noticeable grinding sound and feeling
coming from the right wheel area.

My intial thought was something is wrong with the brake pad or rotor. After
getting out and inspecting the rotor I didn't notice any cracks or any newly
formed grooves in the rotor indicating something might have gotten lodged
between the pad and rotor. Or is all of this a sign of something different?

Bradley

If a caliper is stuck on the slides, the outer pad that's easy to see
can look good but the inner one can be on metal. Get them inspected
properly and proceed from there.

Carl

 

[johninKY]

Wheel bearing?

 

[Bradley Walker]

The service department at the dealership said that there are virtually no
rear brakes on my mom's Subaru (she just got done driving it home from a
1400 mile round trip). The caliper on the right rear is
frozen/locked/rusted in place and not even functioning where as the left
rear has some mild functionality. However the brake pads themselves are
totally gone on both, with both the rotors having been worn down to the
point that the dealership was afraid they'd break off. Total replacement
cost, ~$800.