I’m hoping someone can help me identify a brake noise that is driving me crazy. So far my mechanic can’t find anything wrong. It’s a long history with this brake problem but here’s the short version.

Shortly after buying my truck I was going down a steep mountain grade (Not towing anything) and when my brakes got hot they started to make a loud metal on metal noise (chattering or grinding type) when I applied the brakes. When I got home I had my mechanic check it out and he found nothing wrong with the brakes. He felt I must have picked up some sand behind the pads which caused the noise. After that I forgot about the problem until I tried towing my boat down another grade and the same noise returned from the brakes. This time my mechanic felt the brake dust was causing the noise and he advised me to wash out the dust every so often.
I made another trip to the mountains last month and of course the metal on metal noise returned. When I got home I had my front brakes replaced (back were still fine) and hoped that would correct the problem. Well……..guess what, just returned from the mountains again and the noise is still there. When ever the brakes get hot I still get this terrible grinding metal on metal noise. None of the mechanic's I have seen can find anything wrong. Has anyone ever had this problem or have any idea what the cause could be?

Thanks

 

Replace your brake rotors. Use a good quality pair, try and get them from your local Ford dealer. This should take care of your problem.---Paul

 

I ran into something like this on a Taurus we used to have. I could replace the rotars and it would be ok for maybe 1000 miles then back to the same old problem. I finally replaced the bracket that the caliper mounted to on both sides (front). That fixed the problem permenantly. The parts were not cheap but the wear pattern on the pads led me to believe this was the problem. Incendently, the ford dealer replaced the pads/rotars about 7 or 8 times under warranty without every finding the problem.