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Anonymous Posted on Jan 28, 2011

My car is making a scraping noise on the right front when I apply brakes. Can someone tell me what's going on ??

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It sounds expensive. Most likely your brake pads are worn beond being worn out and the brake backing plates are tearing into your brake rotors. If this is the case, you will have to replace both the Brake Pads and the Brake Rotors.

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Most probly your brake pads are worn out and the noise you hear is them scraping against the rotor which also may need to be relaced too ,have it checked out by a shop,or a friend who works on cars and save some money.

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Ckeck the your tire it could just be the crome comming off and rubbing on the rotor.

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