Squeaky Wheel

[Kevin_374370602]

I Know its been covered before but cant seem to find it on Forum!

Bought Abbey Stafford 1995 last April used it twice and came back with a squeak on offside. Had full service and mentioned squeak to mobile engineer, say's not much you can do, asked him to check brakes, drums etc.(which I thought would be in service anyway). Still had SQUEAK called him back because I knew he had'nt even bothered to take the wheels off (I did the night before his arrival and marked the one shot nut's !!!!)Should have seen his face, wont be using him again. He did however take them off and serviced them on this second visit.

Did two further outings last year and came back yesterday after the Easter break, But the dreaded squeak remains.

The squeak is heard at slow speeds and sometimes on braking, also at slow speeds. Not sure about higher speeds.

Should I have the pads, drums etc completly replaced or does anyone know of a simple solution.

Please help, apart fron the embarrassing drives through caravan sites its driving me potty!!

 

[bloo toon loon]

Kevin,

might have absolutely nothing to do with your problem,but i heard a squeek recently...was driving me potty too,i asked the mechanic at the stealers and he mentioned the spare wheel carrier.....after inspection...thats what it was with me...so a bit of rubber hose and a couple tie wraps later im squeek free

i was thinking suspention arms and allsorts.lol

cheery by

Davy

 

[Billy_bear]

i had a similar thing on my 96 elddis turned out to be the blade stabiliser pads hope this helps

bill

 

[Kevin_374370602]

Kevin,

might have absolutely nothing to do with your problem,but i heard a squeek recently...was driving me potty too,i asked the mechanic at the stealers and he mentioned the spare wheel carrier.....after inspection...thats what it was with me...so a bit of rubber hose and a couple tie wraps later im squeek free

i was thinking suspention arms and allsorts.lol

cheery by

Davy

Purescotch

Thanks for your reply,problem is I dont have a spare wheel carrier.But thanks anyway.

 

[Kevin_374370602]

i had a similar thing on my 96 elddis turned out to be the blade stabiliser pads hope this helps

bill

Bill

Actually towed the van a short distance without the stabiliser (bulldog type) and still squeaked. Definitely coming from the wheel area.

 

[Damian]

Kevin, the brake pads should have been deglazed as part of the service and the shoes cleaned with brake cleaner.

It sounds like this has not been done and probably the brake hus have not been cleaned either.

It also sounds like th ebrakes have not been adjusted correctly.

 

[Kevin_374370602]

Damien(moderator)

Sorry to be vague (or thick) but you stated The brake hus have not been cleaned either can you explain what the brake hus is. Im new to the technical side of it all Thanks for your time.

Kevin

 

[Damian]

Kevin sorry my keyboard missed the B out of Hubs,,,and I did not notice

 

[Kevin_374370602]

Thanks for your advice guys, booked into a main dealer today for another service hope they can sort it, they said the same as the moderator (he,s a clever chap).

Kevin

 

[xtrailman]

Last squeak i had was the tow bar, it was loose!

Sounded like it came from the bottle box.

Have you checked the rear car springs?

 

[Kevin_374370602]

Ray,Confident its coming from the wheel,but will check your suggestions,Thanks