Oxfordian
Active Member
Hi All,
I'm looking for some advice on how to stop one of my rear brake pads from binding against its disc. I only noticed it yesterday in slow moving traffic when I became aware of a squeal from the rear wheel that seemed to be linked to its rotation.
I jacked it up a few hours ago, manually rotated the wheel, and could see the pad catching on the disc and leaving marks on it as it turned. I presume that as the disc warms up and expands, the binding will be greater
Presumably there is some mechanism for managing the clearance between brake pad and disc, but I'm ignorant as to what it is.
Although I'm not sure if it has anything to do with it, the shock absorber for this wheel was replaced 6 months ago.
The car is a 22 year old C220 Cdi Sports Coupe with 271,000+ miles, is otherwise reliable, and is costing less than £800 per year to keep it going (service included).
Any ideas?
Tks
I'm looking for some advice on how to stop one of my rear brake pads from binding against its disc. I only noticed it yesterday in slow moving traffic when I became aware of a squeal from the rear wheel that seemed to be linked to its rotation.
I jacked it up a few hours ago, manually rotated the wheel, and could see the pad catching on the disc and leaving marks on it as it turned. I presume that as the disc warms up and expands, the binding will be greater

Although I'm not sure if it has anything to do with it, the shock absorber for this wheel was replaced 6 months ago.
The car is a 22 year old C220 Cdi Sports Coupe with 271,000+ miles, is otherwise reliable, and is costing less than £800 per year to keep it going (service included).
Any ideas?
Tks
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