Squeaking noise when turning right / on right side

[ryu_haneda]

Hey guys,

The GT wheels I have are the stock '97 ones, and I once had a pebble get into the brakes in my car and make a LOT of noise.

Lately a similar noise has been happening whenever I turn to the right (I say similar noise because I don't think it's the same thing, but it is starting to get annoying and I am contemplating taking off my wheels one at a time to look for anything obvious).

A friend of mine told me to have it looked at. I'm going to be calling my dealer today so I can schedule an appointment.

Any idea what it could be?

[bakergtt]

How are your pads?

I have the same thing in my left front area. I think mine is either the cv joint starting to go (yes I know it would make a clicking sound) or the wheel bearing which I am leaning more towards.

[ryu_haneda]

Last time I got my pads checked they were good.

Hmmm, I talked to a friend of mine about cv joints earlier today. I got an appointment set with my local dealership for a diagnosis this Friday. Hoping to find out what the problem is then.

[ryu_haneda]

Took the car to the Subie dealership - they could not find anything wrong (I would have imagined that they would have discovered a problem with the cv joints or pads, rotors, etc., at this point). My aftermarket brake pads were at 8/12ths when they checked them.

Still a little squeaky today (I had the car sit about 4 days while I was away in the Poconos over New Years), so I employed a little bit of hard braking to see if I could get the brakes to quit squeaking. (Brake dust?)

They got a LITTLE quieter after a few panic stops. I'm probably going to have to get serious about cleaning the wheels and figuring out how to keep brake dust down.

[ryu_haneda]

It's official (sorry for not updating sooner)... the noise is only an annoyance (nothing was wrong with my brakes).

The noise will go away when I choose to resurface my rotors. Dealer said that I might as well replace the pads at that point.