Brake Discs

[chrissa1]

I posted a question a couple of weeks ago about my brakes making a scraping noise. It has got worse. Could it be a cracked disc and is it dangerous?

[lardhelmet]

Mine are the same thing chrissa. Taking the car into the garage at the end of the week. I assume scraping + cracked + brakes in the same sentence undoubtedly = expensive!

[chrissa1]

Oh dear lh but is it dangerous to drive while this noise is going on?

[lardhelmet]

Don't know to be honest, hopefully there's a mechanic type person on here who will know.
I was doing 70 down the bypass today and had to stop very quickly when some airhole shot out in front of me (driver was male). The brakes worked perfectly, but if the scraping noise is metal on metal, that can't be good can it?

[TWR]

Here are some causes to your problem Chrissa, chipping stuck between the Disk & brake pad, Are you getting confused with a Wheel bearing not the brake, when does the noise start? has the car been left standing a long whilst after rainfall this causing rust to build up on the disk, Brake Pad needs replacing, if the disk was cracked you would get an imbalance on your braking.

[TWR]

Chrissa, your Q puzzles me? why have you waited two weeks before getting a garage to check out the noise? do not think that's a bit silly?

[chrissa1]

Thanks all. My son was going to have a look at it last week but didn't get round to it and as it wasn't too bad I just left it.
Also money is tight and I only paid £399.00 for it. It was taxed and MOT'd until the end of August.

[AlBags]

That's the Mk4 or 5 Escort.
I did give you the options at the time.
Hard to beat these for price .. if Mk5. If Mk 4 ask them.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...M&hash=item4cd7a7f765

[lardhelmet]

Thanks Eddie. Mr Helmet's son is a mechanic at BMW and he's going to have a look at the car tomorrow - give me some idea what to expect (between the teeth sucking before they tell me how much they're going to charge me) & to get a quote before I commit

[AlBags]

Approx 1/2 hour to replace discs and pads on Escort 4 or 5.
Really easy.

[chas2008]

if it is metal to metal and its still driven it can cause the calipers to sieze through overheating etc. then it does become expensive.