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car sounds like its grinding when turning right

Old Nov 21, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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car sounds like its grinding when turning right

I came home from shopping, lots of windy turns, and I always blare my music with the windows down, but occasionally I don't cause of car sounds that might occur. Tonight every time I turned right I heard a grinding sound coming from the front right tire. Its late so I shined a flashlight around the wheel, and don't see anything the tire could be hitting, so tomorrow I will be taking the wheel off, and not sure what to look for from their. I replaced the brake pads last year on the front and rear. I replaced the rear rotors last year, but the front ones looked good, now I am not sure.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 12:37 PM
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Today I took the wheel off, everything looked fine, but the plastic wheel well was cracked from the bottom to about half way so I rigged up a support piece of metal, and bolts to hold the plastic in place. I didn't think that was the issue, but the tire must have been rubbing the plastic due to no more sounds when turning right. So glad it was an easy and cheap fix.
 
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