Well , mine happens once every few weeks , so i must be lucky....but what is strange is that i can smell the brake pads after a very easy drive , so maby the handbrake cable is over tightened?
My AUII XR8 also does this.
Particularly annoying in shopping centre car parks.
I pretend people are looking at the car because it is so impressive. (not because they are wondering what clapped out shitbox is making that horrible scraping noise).
Doesn't do it all the time, mainly on the way out of parking. So I guess it is the handbrake not releasing fully.
Ford gave me the usual quote from their training school "Sorry sir we've done an inspection & there is nothing further we can do"
Also, during my 30K service they were to adjust the handbrake at my request, as it was not holding the car at all.
They informed me that they could make a small adjustment from the handbrake lever inside the car, but if they had to go under the car it would cost an extra $110.
I heard today that the hand brake mechanism runs with a "floating disc" set up on the rear hubs. And once these discs are out of centre, even by a bee's dick, that is when thay make the noise.
I'm no mechanic, so this may be completely wrong. But atleast it's a start.
I have the same problem on my AU1 XR6 (happens all the time) and an occasional occurrence of this in my AU2 Forte. I have been told that Ford can fix it, but that it returns after a few weeks/months. The cheapest way around it is to (just) pull the handbrake when it makes the noise so that it goes away.
you may need to get the handbrake shoes to drum clearance adjusted, not just the cable.
$110 to adjust the shoes is a bit much as it only takes about 20 minutes, for that much I would want new shoes
yeh i have a series 1 au xr8 and have complained for the last three years to ford about it. everytime i get it back they say they cleaned out the brake dust and it's all right now. it really pisses me off about this noise as it makes the car sound like some piece of shit. its just like the brakes are dragging all the time.the noise seems to come from the right rear brake. as others have said yanking on the handbrake fixes the problem for a while but stopping all the time to do this in shopping centres can become very annoying. would love to know how to fix this problem because ford can't
Has anyone with this problem changed the rear discs? Because the hub acts like a brake drum it could be out of round and pulling on the handbrake recenters the little brake shoes. Pulling the disc off and checking for shoe wear may be another indicator as both should have fairly even wear, If there are any irregular contact patches on the inside of the hub, a less expensive alternative to new discs would be to have them machined true on a lathe. Your problems tell me that previous owners have used the handbrake to slow the car down or that the adjustment is too tight.
One question I need to ask is where is the cable adjustment on an AU?
Has anyone with this problem changed the rear discs? Because the hub acts like a brake drum it could be out of round and pulling on the handbrake recenters the little brake shoes. Pulling the disc off and checking for shoe wear may be another indicator as both should have fairly even wear, If there are any irregular contact patches on the inside of the hub, a less expensive alternative to new discs would be to have them machined true on a lathe. Your problems tell me that previous owners have used the handbrake to slow the car down or that the adjustment is too tight.
One question I need to ask is where is the cable adjustment on an AU?
Thats one option that I haven't thought of. I'll have a look at that next weekend.
Also, I think the cable adjustment is located on the actual handbrake set up next to the seat. I think you'll need a 1/2 inch socket with the extension bar. That's were I saw the last mechanic adjust something. :shrug: :shrug:
Has anyone with this problem changed the rear discs?
mate mines been doing it since i picked it up from the first day. i have lost count the number of complaints i have made to ford and like i said 3 years and 30,000 km's later it's still there and ford dont know whats wrong or how to fix it :-( very unhappy
Thanks Darren, at least now I can adjust everything properly.
DXR88U, Sorry to hear that mate, I'd be really:angry: as well.
As a final thought, is it remotely possible you and some of the others got a bit of a dud batch of rear discs? and have you tried another dealer? I have dealt with only one and suffice to say next time I'll do it myself(problem not fixed).
great white thanks for the kind words. i have only used the one dealer. i dont want to mention dealer names but as you are in liverpool you should know the dealer i am talking about, maybe i will try another ford service division just in the hope they may have somebody who knows what could be causing this problem.. until then looks like i still have to keep the sound system pumping to overpower the noise
The reason I asked if IRS or not is because the adjuster is inside the brake rotor & on live axle vehicles the L/Rear should be adjusted first so that the shoe doesn't drag then adjust the right. The cable should be backed all the way off, do not use the cable for adjustment this contributes to the noise.
You guys are describing the EXACT same problem i had in my XF. Driving slow it would make a horrible clicking noise, but pul the handbrake up and it goes away. I figured it was the caliper loose, but on inspection its tighter than a young girls ****
I had the same thing on my au2 xr6. It truned out to be a missing clip and a loose axle bolt. Complained to Ford who had the car in three times but they fixed it and it hasn't come back.
The problem started on my AU1 XR6 when I replaced the rears with DBA slotted rotors. I adjusted the handbrake shoes on both sides but I think I left the left hand side a little tight as this is the one that squeals. When I get some time I'll back it off a notch or two and see what happens.
I'm not sure that adjusting the handbrake by adjusting the cable alone is a good idea so adjust the shoes first and then adjust the cable and see if that helps.
This may also help, there is a clip screwed to the backing plate opposite the shoe adjuster, this helps to hold the parkbrake shoe & stop it from dropping down causing the shoe to bind against the drum when the vehicle is moving forward. Bend the clip to apply more pressure against the shoe.
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