Hi all, ongoing for 2 years, 21 plate.
2 Ford garages / 2 local garages had a look, numerous work from me. 
numerous brake pads, discs, sliders, knuckle, wheel bearing, wheels swapped over, new tyres, caliper, disc protector removed 

but still when you brake it vibrates then its more of a grinding / squeaking sound as you come to a stop. very loud from from n/s

after taking the caliper off and putting it back on the car is good for about 2 miles - then it all starts again.

some pictures here, theres some weird scoring on the disc but changing anything makes no difference. what else can it be. coffee voucher sent to anyone with information who resolves this issue 🤝

You say you've changed the pads, but have you tired a different brand of pad?

My daughter's 2018 has done this from new, it annoys her but we've left it.

I think it's the pads, so when the brakes need changing I will use a different brand

numerous pads tried - cheap and something ive tried myself. originally it had the incorrect brake pads on the ford garage told me, but they changed and ive had 4 or 5 different sets on now. add discs to that too. it passed MOT not that long ago - but i asked the garage to drive it and they said 'yes that is a serious grinding noise' but we cant see any issues.

Must be driveshaft/CV joint then or wheel bearing

wheel bearing was changed - along with the whole knuckle. it is definitely something rotational on that corner as it drives perfectly, no judder, doesnt steer left etc etc. i did thing driveshaft / maybe suspension. thing is where do you stop lol 

1 hour ago, St-line2021 said:

thing is where do you stop lol 

Exactly.

That's why we left it

It steers perfect, handles perfect, stops perfect

With judder like that, sounds a bit like possibly collapsed brake soft line, also from your picture it looks like it's bulging. Have a test, press the brake pedal and then release it with the wheel in the air, then try to rotate it.

ah ok - whats the brake soft line? - the orange marked pipe in the pic? (what are we saying with the wheel in the air? rotating it and it will be sticky? thank you 

 

 

this ?

 

50 minutes ago, St-line2021 said:

ah ok - whats the brake soft line? - the orange marked pipe in the pic? (what are we saying with the wheel in the air? rotating it and it will be sticky? thank you 

 

 

this ?

 

Yes the orange circled bit, jack the car up, rotate the wheel by hand, see if it rotates freely, then press the brake pedal and release it then try to rotate the wheel, if you can't, then that will be why most likely.

ok thank you. some else mentioned it maybe the hub... im not sure the ford garage changed this when changing the knuckle. do you know if i can just change the hub (just pull it off with a hub puller without touching anything else? (of course removing caliper etc)

On 11/14/2025 at 6:52 AM, St-line2021 said:

some pictures here, theres some weird scoring on the disc but changing anything makes no difference. what else can it be.

I don't see the anti-squeal wire clip in your photos. Should  there not be one fitted ?

See an example below:

7 minutes ago, unofix said:

I don't see the anti-squeal wire clip in your photos. Should  there not be one fitted ?

See an example below:

Hadn't even noticed that, good spot

definitely have the spring fitted - its tight too and needs some force to pull over the pad / caliper.

so far i have a new hub and a new soft line pipe. hub looks easy enough to get off (the garage put a new knuckle and wheel bearing in so its been off recently) - i asume then the new hub just needs a bit of effort to get back on.  

Hubs on these as far as I'm aware are press fit into the wheel bearing and into the knuckle.

revisiting this. just changed the brake hose - cheap when you do it yourself. anyway - didnt fix anything , brakes still grind. so everything brake wise has been changed now - inc wheel bearing and knuckle. need to look further afield now - remember its the brakes grinding here. suspension? anti rollbar ?