Help Received - Had Rocks between the Rotor and Brake Shield

[BallisticSquid]

That sound give me brings back bad memories. This happened with my '19 Hatch and I freaked out. I drove to the dealer to get them to look at it and of course just as I got there it stopped. They put it on a lift just to make sure all was OK but they said it was probably a rock that got caught up in the brakes. It never happened again.

I had this happen also with my '07 Volvo S40. Ironically, the rock was caught between the rotor and a shield whose purpose was to reduce noise.

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[machimself]

You probably don't even need to take the wheel off. I had this happen the other day and freaked out. If you just reach through and push on the dust shield a little the rock will probably fall right out like mine did.

I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

 

[machimself]

Shook the shield, problem solved. It was nice to be less panicked last night based on all of your feedback. Love you all!

 

[Two Step Performance]

Glad it was an easy fix.

 

[rob495]

My FK8 would get rocks lodged into the brake shield ALL of the time. So damn annoying. It would happen more often in warmer weather. I was hoping that Honda addressed this issue in the FL5.

 

[Cl189]

I’ve had one in my fk8 and it was loud and screechy. Had one in my fl5 and it sounded like my whole car was falling apart. Pretty sure ppl could hear it blocks away. I could hear it over the radio and I had it cranked up. Luckily going 3 feet in reverse at a light got it out

 

[fredzy]

I just got done posting a new thread on this yesterday because google didn't see fit to show me this then (and if google can't find it you know forum search wont)

My first stone in dust shield code brown was 20 years ago, one of the first days I had my first new car, Scion tC. Ran over some fresh pot hole patch and some of the tar-covered stones stuck in the dust shield and sounded like hell. Seems like the CTR sucks stones into those shields like its its job.

 

[Starman703]

I annoyingly live near a quarry (so PPF is a must for me) so rocks everywhere on my daily commute...but never had to think about rocks constantly getting stuck between the rotor and shield until I got the Type R it takes for ever for them to fall out too.

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