Braking issue

[Tearoom]

I have a 1999 1.9

This weekend whilst driving in North Devon/Somerset I had an issue with my braking, coming down a steep hill between Lynton and Lynmouth.
There is a hairpin bend about half way down, approaching this bend and braking hard I felt a vibration through the brake pedal and "metallic" sound. I managed to stop the car, hold it on the handbrake for a while, but had to get it down the hill. I put in first and continued very slowly, I didn't get the vibration again, but it was a squeaky bum moment. Needless to say travelling on to Minehead, I opted for the toll road rather than attempt going down Porlock Hill.

My service a couple of weeks ago, identified a "weeping" front caliper, which is booked in to be changed next week, I am just wondering if the two are likely to be linked or if I have another issue.

Any feed back appreciated.

 

[Stewartyboy]

I would say with a weeping calliper you need to check for contamination on the pads too, but I think it does sound all connected to the calliper and to check discs, pads and clips

 

[Jjim]

To me, if I heard the noise, I would be thinking that the pads are shot. As previously on an E46 I used to own, the pads had worn down to the metal backing plate. This gave a metallic grinding noise when applying the brakes, and a slight vibration through the pedal.

I would check the pad levels and see if any damage has been done to the discs.

If you have checked that the discs and pads appear to be in good condition - from visual inspection, you will then need to see if anything has gotten in between the caliper and discs.
Again, on a previous car, I had a small stone chip - a couple of mm in diameter, somehow get itself lodged between the caliper and disc.
It was between where the pads sit and rested between the caliper and the spinning edge of the disc.