Had front wheel bearings renewed, ball joints, and tie rod ends.

[boilerroom]

2006 Corolla now has a grind in passenger side brakes I can not get rid of? Wore the little tabs off of the clips that snap into caliper that the pads slide back and forth in. Tried brand new rotors, and when the clips wear, they groove the rotor. I have to think at this point the bearing was damaged by them when they installed it. I drove it for a while before the grinding from the clips started to be noticed. When I jacked it up to remove the wheel to check it out, the wheel was loose, so I took it back to them, and told them I thought the bearing was screwed. They retorqued it, and said that was normal while they worked themselves in, hahhahah. Anyway, the groove on the rotor indicates it has to have a wobble in it, because it is not all around the rotor, and on the highway you can hear a wah wah wah, like a wobble. What say you guys, and gals? Thanks for your thoughts. Cheers!

 

[worlddrinker]

Hey, I am no expert, but this is what i would do, in order:

1. Jack it up and check for excessive play in the bearing by yanking the wheel around. Does it move in ways it shouldn't? If it does, it might be the hub. If it doesn't, check to see if the bearing has been installed correctly, ie. check to see if there are any gaps or anything like that.

2. Take the wheel off and take the bracket off (without removing the caliper from it, just to save time), and then take the rotor off. Check if the hub is clean. If it has a ton of rust, then you need to clean if off. Once again, I'm no expert, but if the rotor doesn't evenly mate with the hub, then it might cause symptoms similar to rotor warping.

3. If all of the steps above have produced negative results, then check if the metal clips in the bracket are backwards or something. I don't know.

This shouldn't take you longer than a half hour if you are expedient. Good luck.