Croaking noise from brakes

[Mantis]

Hi All

I have just had my front brake pads replaced and when I brake and the car is at a low speed the left wheel/brake makes a croaking sound

Does anyone one what this his, I thought it was the brakes "bedding in" but it has been doing this for about 3 weeks now

Cheers
Keeran

[sirex]

I know stuff all about the brakes, but it sounds like the Mazda myth. I think a lot of people on here has this problem and their brakes "clunk" after a while, it has something to do with some worn pins or something.

*waits for somebody more mechanically minded to comment*

Or you could take it back to the mechanic who did the pads and tel him he broke something!

PS, where abouts in NZ are you from?

[BigBoyLemonade]

yeah I have the same problem.. but only from slowing down at high speed

[Toyboy]

Isnt Croaking what frogs do :shock: Maybe you should look for a family of illegal immigrant frogs inside your front left hand guard :lol:

[Mantis]

I will get the mechanic who put them in to have a look at the wheel.

I am living in Auckland, only been here about 2 1/2 years, born and bred in Wellington - go the Lions

[sirex]

born and bred in Wellington - go the Lions

W3RD!

[Dazz]

it could be the pins in the calapar because i had a similiar problem i replaced the pins and greased them up and its much better

[Pernod]

Nice timing on the post - my RHS did precicley the same under heavy braking last night!

Is there anyway to fix it, or is it not worth worrying about?

[Dazz]

i think its just a mazda fault cause alot of us seem to have this problem,
i changed my pins and regreased them it help but its still there, also i have worn cv joints to so im gunna replace them and do my bearings aswell and see if that gets rid of it ill tell you the result when i do it

[Pernod]

so long as it isn't dangerious then i'm happy to live with it... I'll just add it to the list of strange rattles / noises that my car makes

[Mantis]

I took it back to the Mazda dealer where I get my car serviced and they said it was the caliper slides, the ordered some in but they were the wrong size, which was kinda lucky as the slides were $160 each for two slides for one wheel.
So they stripped the slides and regreased them which cost $120 for labour.

[Pernod]

Has this fixed it? (And i presume we are talking $NZ here?)

[Mantis]

There is no more noise so I assume they fixed the problem and the cost is in NZ$