I got the front wheel off the floor and spun it several times.
I get a faint clicking or clacking (clacking is a better description) noise and it comes from the offside front caliper.
And here's the interesting bit: It seems to be once every wheel rotation.
And it seems to be when the same point of the disc passes through the pads.
So I checked the offside front disc, and found........ absolutely nothing...... at least not yet.
Just been out and got my front wheel in the air and spun it a few times (before the rain started). my pads are touching the disk slightly and "catching" a touch, but there no clicking noise to be heard by hand. I have however noticed that the brakes seem to bind slightly less at one point on the disk, but its not bad. I think ill bring a DTI home from work and just make sure they are not too warped, but im confident thats not the issue for me.
hi
ive not had my fazer long but have had a few odd noises ect, first one sounded like the front wheel bearings turned out it was the front fork oil there was a different weight and level in one fork leg changed oil noise gone, had a noise like a rattle/rumble from my front tyre sounded like there was some thing in the tyre, half a valve rubber,
i would slacken your calipers off a bit spin wheel, no difference remove your callipers which eliminates two suspects an spin the wheel, slacken wheel off a bit might be over torqued, remove wheel and check your speedo drive mines cracked and makes a noise some times.
interesting. Is there a way I can "slacken" the caliper off a bit so its not binding a bit like it is now. theres not much in it but I dont think it should be dragging like it is now? (although this is not the clicking noise i dont think, but still needs addressing I would have thought).
I think I may have a possibly answer.
Discs are warped.
But not warped in that they run out of true from side to side but run out of true up and down.
When I spin the wheel and watch the top of the disc running through the pads it rises and falls, not a lot probably only 1 - 2mm but it definitely is not running true.
Whether it's always been like this I'm not sure.
But as it rises and falls you get the clacking sound at that same point every time.
And, the disc is worn in its surface, again not a lot (maybe only a tenth of 1mm) but the disc surface is not dead flat.
It's got a raised part which runs all the way around it about two thirds the way down from the edge of the disc.
The raised bit of the disc will rise and fall as the disc is no longer perfectly round (or rather doesn't run perfectly round through the pads).
It's possible that it will rock the pads on the pin as it goes through them and hence cause the clacking noise.
It's only a theory.
Let me know what you find.
I suppose on the plus side it doesn't seem to affect the braking and it's been like this for thick end of 10,000 miles.
Nope. not that for me. slight (and i do mean slight) disk warpage side to side, but they are very concentric, under 1mm anyway, so I dont have that issue you have noticed.
Check for seized or broken bobbins on the disc. If they're seized clean them with brake cleaner and spin them (gently) with a nut and bolt.
I dont think any are broken, but I cant see any holes in mine either - are the foxeye ones a different design maybe (see pic below)?
Do you have clip on wheel weights?
It can casue exactly what you describe if they are loose in their holder or the clip is not tight enough
yes, I do have a single clip on wheel weight on the front wheel, but it does seem tight, I certainly cant get any movement on it by hand at least.
I have noticed 2 other issues while out looking there as well, im unsure what has caused the first issue on the tyre, but dont think it is causing the clacking, and the second issue is some scoring on the disk face which i suppose could potentially be causing it (as the score goes though the holes on the disk which would give an interrupted sound if theres a pressure point at that location? or is there no merit to that logic?
Issue 1 - an odd score all the way round my front tyre (no idea where this came from at all to be honest), thoughts? Im thinking its where the dual composite meets, but its only on the one side - the nearside:
Issue 2 - scoring round the disk on both sides (and on both disks but the nearside one definately seems worse):