Just been to Morrison's, on the way out of the car park I had the most awful scraping noise from the front and obviously from a wheel as I could hear it catching. Okay in a straight line but as soon as the wheel was turned slightly it scraped, worse on left turn. Limped a mile to my VW specialist who thought 'stone in caliper'and he drove it around the car park doing some serious turns left and right. From where I was stood I could hear it really loud. He has suggested broken spring and I have booked it in for tomorrow. Thing is I can't get it to scrape now. I drove a further 2 miles home with lots of bends but no scraping?? I have to say it sounded far more metalic than just a stone in caliper would. Any suggestions welcome guys.

Best guess,

Stone in Caliper if you can not find anything else.

george

Some sort of ball joint possibly? I had one go on my TT, but it didn't make a noise all the time. When it did make a noise it was horrendous!

Best guess,

Stone in Caliper if you can not find anything else.

george

Thanks for that George, yes I wondered but the scraping sound was so loud, almost like wheel on body. I have no experience of a broken spring though I've driven donkeys years. It's so difficult to see and I'm too old to be crawling around underneath. I just wonder if a broken spring would be likely to drop back into place and stop scraping?

Some sort of ball joint possibly? I had one go on my TT, but it didn't make a noise all the time. When it did make a noise it was horrendous!

Thanks mate, It was a definite 'scrape' even a gravelly sound if you know what I mean. I've had track rod ends and CV's go on other cars but never had this sound.

If it stopped as suddenly as it started, I'd think stone in caliper / under disc shield too. Take the front wheels off and examine the discs for a single deep score.

Hello Horkin, yes it does sound like a stone in the caliper. And it's gone now! Did the scaping noise occur when you where turning the steering as you drove? Or was it occurring with the steering on lock, you still driving but the steering wheel stationary?

Broken springs tend to make noise as you steer the wheel left or right, but can clank and boing a bit as you go in a straight line. Depends where it's broken, and the car can lurch a bit too. Of course the other thing that does it is a stone trapped under the spring in the top of the suspension strut spring housing! It usually stops after the stone has been ground to powder with the constant turning of the steering.

Definately stone chip I've had 2 in the last week ! Mine came out with some hard braking and high speed

Hello Horkin, yes it does sound like a stone in the caliper. And it's gone now! Did the scaping noise occur when you where turning the steering as you drove? Or was it occurring with the steering on lock, you still driving but the steering wheel stationary?

Broken springs tend to make noise as you steer the wheel left or right, but can clank and boing a bit as you go in a straight line. Depends where it's broken, and the car can lurch a bit too. Of course the other thing that does it is a stone trapped under the spring in the top of the suspension strut spring housing! It usually stops after the stone has been ground to powder with the constant turning of the steering.

Hi Mate, thanks for the reply hope you are well. I have just taken the car out and done some serious figure of 8 and full circles each way. I even mounted the kerb each side (with some care of course) but now there is no noise at all. So fingers crossed it was just a stone. You really had to hear the racket to appreciate my concern.

Panic over...took it to my trusty VW specialist this morning and they had it on the ramp and did a safety check on both fronts. Everything fine, no broken springs no problems and no charge :love: . Must indeed have been a stone lodged somewhere. Thanks for all replies.