Just saying Hi as a first time poster and in need a little advise if possible please.

Driving home yesterday my Fabia developed a horrible metallic scrapping noise from what seemed to be the front passenger side wheel. Best I can describe it is as if a shovel was being dragged along concrete only ten times as loud. Came on after the car had been moving for around 5 minutes and after I’d turned left off a main road at a junction.

Happened at all speeds up to 50 mph (not brave enough to go faster with that noise)

;-) but did not seem to effect braking, in fact all felt normal other than the racket.

Had a poke around underneath and all seemed well, so took it to the local car park and after 10 minutes or so driving in circles on full lock in both directions and some heavy braking and emergency stops the problem seems to have disappeared.

Could a stone trapped between the calliper and disk have cause this?

Car is a 03 Fabia 13,000 miles serviced April 07 (original pads)

Thanks

Merlin

Welcome

Sounds like it could have been a stone trapped. I would take the wheel off and

have a good look. Also examine the wheel for score marks.

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I agree with vRSLen, still take the wheel off and have a look. I had a similar problem on my 306 once, and I still couldnt see anything so i got the pressure washer out and gave the affect area a spray (not too close obv) this must have dislodged whatever was making the noise as i had no further problems. So you could try this method if the noise returns. Hopefully it will have been cured by your erratic car park driving

We get called to his all the time, no need to remove the wheel, just turn wheels on full lock and then gently pull the disk backing plate away from the disk at the bottom and a little road chiping usually falls out.

This is much better than driving around trying to dislodge it.

Never yet seen any disk damage with this fault.

We get called to his all the time, no need to remove the wheel, just turn wheels on full lock and then gently pull the disk backing plate away from the disk at the bottom and a little road chiping usually falls out.

This is much better than driving around trying to dislodge it.

Never yet seen any disk damage with this fault.

Cool, have to remember this if it ever happens again.

We get called to his all the time, no need to remove the wheel, just turn wheels on full lock and then gently pull the disk backing plate away from the disk at the bottom and a little road chiping usually falls out.

This is much better than driving around trying to dislodge it.

Never yet seen any disk damage with this fault.

there was a brisky member with a vRS, who's wheel came apart, (the actual alloy split!) and skoda claimed it was due to a stone being caught, causing wear, weakness, and then the break! :eek:

Many thanks for the replies and advise:thumbup:

Reverse light switch seems to have packed up now so i'll drive by the stealers and ask them to have a look at the same time.

there was a brisky member with a vRS, who's wheel came apart, (the actual alloy split!) and skoda claimed it was due to a stone being caught, causing wear, weakness, and then the break! :eek:

Quite

there was a brisky member with a vRS, who's wheel came apart, (the actual alloy split!) and skoda claimed it was due to a stone being caught, causing wear, weakness, and then the break! :eek:

The fault as described exactly in the original post is a classic case of a chipping caught between disk and backplate and driving about as the original poster said had dislodged it.

It obviously goes without saying that if after checking between disk and backplate and moving the car a few metres the noise is still present it warrants further investigation.

This is not to be confused with grinding noise when applying the brakes normally pads worn out or disk corrosion.

Would love to have seen the evidence of a stone causing a wheel to split, imagine the noise and the ammount of time being driven before the wheel failed!

Although I am quite often amazed at what small faults can cause big failures.

Best be safe eh?

My mum has just had a similar problem in her 56 golf, it stuck between the wheel an dthe calliper somehow and has grooved the insidde of the alloy wheel.

The fault as described exactly in the original post is a classic case of a chipping caught between disk and backplate and driving about as the original poster said had dislodged it.

It obviously goes without saying that if after checking between disk and backplate and moving the car a few metres the noise is still present it warrants further investigation.

This is not to be confused with grinding noise when applying the brakes normally pads worn out or disk corrosion.

Would love to have seen the evidence of a stone causing a wheel to split, imagine the noise and the ammount of time being driven before the wheel failed!

Although I am quite often amazed at what small faults can cause big failures.

Best be safe eh?

he showed us pictures if his wheel.... scared the hell out of me... I never ignored such a noise since! lol...

We get called to his all the time, no need to remove the wheel, just turn wheels on full lock and then gently pull the disk backing plate away from the disk at the bottom and a little road chiping usually falls out.

This is much better than driving around trying to dislodge it.

Never yet seen any disk damage with this fault.

Thanks parsko another success with this one!

I put my Fabia 1.4 on ramps to get a better look at the "splash guard" or backing plate. It had a tiny and I mean small stone chip trapped. It sounded like a locomotive on a sharp bend before letting it go!

Thanks.

i got a really bad knocking noise one, turned the lock back and forward multiple times and a stone fell done from somewhere lol

I think this is what you are looking for

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/49294-i-was-driving-along-one-day/page__hl__wheel+split

03 plate on 13,000 miles... Blimey!

Can't believe that read the whole thread above, and Skoda never paid out

Edited 15 May, 201115 yr by TDi Vrs

Just looked at that photo... :o This is why I never like wheels with a very small rim to caliper clearance!!!!

So there are two ways a stone can trap

1. Between the disc and the backing plate..if you have grooved discs (like I do :p ) the grooves tend to kick the stone out!!

2. Between the front face of the caliper and the inner face of the rim...causing it to score the rim leading to a two piece rim!!! When you don't want it!!!:S

Just saying Hi as a first time poster and in need a little advise if possible please.

Driving home yesterday my Fabia developed a horrible metallic scrapping noise from what seemed to be the front passenger side wheel. Best I can describe it is as if a shovel was being dragged along concrete only ten times as loud. Came on after the car had been moving for around 5 minutes and after I’d turned left off a main road at a junction.

Happened at all speeds up to 50 mph (not brave enough to go faster with that noise)

;-) but did not seem to effect braking, in fact all felt normal other than the racket.

Had a poke around underneath and all seemed well, so took it to the local car park and after 10 minutes or so driving in circles on full lock in both directions and some heavy braking and emergency stops the problem seems to have disappeared.

Could a stone trapped between the calliper and disk have cause this?

Car is a 03 Fabia 13,000 miles serviced April 07 (original pads)

Thanks

Merlin

Hi mate i had the very same thing on Friday. There was stone stuck in the groove of the Toyos up front. After i got up to 70mph it "pinged" off..

Was disconcerting as it sounded pretty bad!