Wheel grind on calipers when turning & breaking. Bearings?

[Timelourd]

Edit: I moved this post to "general" since it's not connect specific.

So in my MK1 connect, my inner wheel is grinding against my brake calipers when breaking hard or turning extremely, which would lead me to suspect the bearings are bad but I've got the hub off and the bearings feel smooth as butter.

I've replaced the drive shaft, the drop links, the ball joint and the track rod end.

The only other culprits are brake pads - they look okay but are worn down to 1/2" on the back, but about 1/4" on the front.

Other than that, the track rod end might have put the alignment off, but I'm not sure if that would make inner wheel scrape against the caliper.



It's it possible my bearings are bad despite being perfectly smooth spinning when the wheel is off?

[metalworker0]

The fact that one pad is half the thickness of the other suggests to me that you have a binding problem - that's if you mean back pad and front pad on same caliper.
If this is so ..you need to take it apart ..remove rust on the sliding surfaces and grease the pins with the appropriate high temperature grease and think about replacing the pads as 1/4 inch is coming up to nearly done. have a look at the state of the discs whilst you are there .........because if pads are worn like so, one side of the disc will almost certainly be quite rusty and pitted or scored.

You could also have a caliper piston seizing problem, due to the brake fluid never being changed and fluid has become contaminated with water absorbed over time, which may have caused rust internally .......the only recommended solution to that is to replace the caliper.

all the best..mark

[LostinTransit]

1) Was the wheels upgraded to a different size or different offset?
2) Are the rotors the correct width necessary for your van?
3) Did the mech install the brake pads on both sides of the rotor between the calipers?
4) Was the brake fluid flushed and filled with the correct fluid? DOT3 etc
5) Are the Brake hinge pins mounted correct back onto the calipers?