MKV Jetta Scraping/Screeching/Grinding Rear right wheel

[Hoop]

Just happened all of a sudden, came out of a bunnings car park, and about 50 metres down the road I thought my rear bumped fell off, sounded like i was dragging a washing machine behind my car.

I pulled over and got my passenger to drive and reverse slowly with my ear up close to the wheel and the sound is 100% coming from the rear right wheel. Its not the brakes because it only happens when moving.

After some research I have come to the conclusion it has to be the wheel bearing grinding.

I booked in to a mechanic Friday morning to get the Wheel bearing replaced.. will keep this updated if it fixes it.

[blutopless2]

Hey there.... know this sounds silly.... but... try this...
accelerate up to about 50 kmh and brake HARD......
there is the possibility you have a small stone lodged between the pad and disc... It happened to me years ago and IIRC with this car... lol
I rang the VW help line and that is what they suggested... it cleared the problem.
hth

[Hoop]

Hehe thanks for that, I ended up just taking the wheel off and the brakes apart and what do you know, a little b*tch rock was stuck between the caliper and the disc.. thank god it didnt do much damage.. Thanks for that mate

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Now that $450 they wanted to charge me can be put to something better

[blutopless2]

no probs... have had it happen once in the time i owned it... still a mystery to me as to how it ended up in there in the first place as i was driving through a shopping centre car park.. so no gravel etc... but i spose its easy to kick up a stone that you cant see on the road.
glad it ended up being something simple...

[thezoneR32]

Same thing here. Except it was a small screw from the calipers that had come loose and fallen in between the rotor and the inside protection plate. I cant believe how loud it was! I think everyone in the street thought my wheel was going to come off!

Glad you sorted it!

[PhilMart]

Hehe thanks for that, I ended up just taking the wheel off and the brakes apart and what do you know, a little b*tch rock was stuck between the caliper and the disc.. thank god it didnt do much damage.. Thanks for that mate

---------- Post added at 04:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:47 PM ----------

Now that $450 they wanted to charge me can be put to something better

Had the same problem myself except I was on a dirt road. Tried to get up to speed .. no go .. popped into reverse and it must have flung that sucker out!

[Hoop]

lol now im super paranoid everytime i hear a noise

[yowie]

This is one really useful thing to know. Not happened to me, but i would also tend to the paranoid if i heard it. Makes perfect sense to try to back out whatever is causing it, thanks for sharing it round. A no-tools fix, just up my alley