Brake dust shield collapsed!
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Morning,
I parked my 6 series yesterday afternoon having completed a short trouble free drive, got back into it a few hours later and there is a horrendous metal grinding noise coming from somewhere. Panic sets in but quickly establish it’s not the engine, after some further investigation I notice the brake dust shield has fallen off and is now rubbing sharp edges against the inside of the alloy wheel.
I can’t take it off so it’s currently zip tied in place with another zip tie looped around the tie rod end. It still rubs and will have a replacement next week having booked it in my local garage.
From what I can work out it was held in place by several bolts but all of these have sheered off. What would cause that? We have lots of pot holes but I assume it would move up and down with the wheel and suspension rather than being smashed up independently. It is 12 years old, so do they erode?
Never seen anything like it in 30;years of car ownership and driving.
Cheers.
I parked my 6 series yesterday afternoon having completed a short trouble free drive, got back into it a few hours later and there is a horrendous metal grinding noise coming from somewhere. Panic sets in but quickly establish it’s not the engine, after some further investigation I notice the brake dust shield has fallen off and is now rubbing sharp edges against the inside of the alloy wheel.
I can’t take it off so it’s currently zip tied in place with another zip tie looped around the tie rod end. It still rubs and will have a replacement next week having booked it in my local garage.
From what I can work out it was held in place by several bolts but all of these have sheered off. What would cause that? We have lots of pot holes but I assume it would move up and down with the wheel and suspension rather than being smashed up independently. It is 12 years old, so do they erode?
Never seen anything like it in 30;years of car ownership and driving.
Cheers.
Thanks everyone. I don’t appear to be strong enough to bend/snap it off so I’ll get it repaired, and the others checked next week now it’s booked in. They don’t appear to MOT requirement either so perhaps if it can be snapped off when it’s on a ramp I don’t even have to have a replacement?
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