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Old 04-23-2005, 09:45 AM   #1
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Ok so i took my Boxster in Yesterday to have it look at. He took the wheel off and checked every thing out and he couldn't find anything wrong with it. He said that it might just have been something that had gotten stuck under the brake calliper
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Old 07-11-2005, 11:55 AM   #2
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something stuck

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I have a squeal on the left front wheel and it just started happening to day as a drove the first mile or so. I put it back in the garage immediately. I just talked with Jeff Gamroth at Rothsport and he suggested the same thing you were waying, "something, probably a rock or pebble has wedged itself somewhere". He said it can happend from time to time and I live on a short gravel road so it may be the problem. Tonight I will take of the the squealing front wheel and have a look. Jeff said it was important to not turn the disk when the wheel is off before taking a flashlight and checking out the calipers and pads. He felt that if you turned it, whatever is in there could drop out and you wouldn't notice it and then you would be scratching your head trying to find the "problem". I may have to take out a pad or two to get to the problem.

I will let you know what I find out.
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Old 07-16-2005, 12:11 PM   #3
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found squealing noise

I took off the left front wheel and took a flashlight and looked all around the brake calipers and rotors and found a small rock (pebble) lodged between the metal housing that surrounds part of the inside side of the rotor and the rotor itself.

A little nudge with a flat head screw driver removed the rock and all is well again. Since I had not driven it very far after first hearing that awful noise I couldn't feel any wear ridge or scoring so I think I'm good to go.
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