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Front drivers side brake noise

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by scotb, Nov 20, 2024 at 9:15 PM.

  1. scotb

    scotb Junior Member

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    Got a brake problem. It’s some kind of grinding or scraping but only drivers side front and only some of the time after releasing the brakes after stopping. I pulled the wheel and inspected and pads are good, rotor is good and caliper pins slide freely and no corrosion that I can see. Caliper looks in good condition. Only thing I can think of is brake line can sometimes degrade and/or swell which doesn’t allow brake fluid to go back and forth easily. Any other ideas? Supposed to warm up here in Colorado by Friday and I will tackle it again.

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  2. Tombukt2

    Tombukt2 Senior Member

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    Backing plate flex ..?
     
  3. scotb

    scotb Junior Member

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    I can check again but backing plate seemed fine. It had good clearance far as I can tell.