1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

stone in front disk rotor

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by 1F7, Mar 22, 2010.

  1. 1F7

    1F7 Junior Member

    Joined:
    Oct 27, 2009
    21
    18
    0
    Location:
    Massachusetts
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    Somehow my wife picked up a stone inside the driver front disk rotor. It was loose, so no noise above 10mph, but a tick-clang-tick at slow speeds. Tick when it hit the rotor and clang when it hit the shield.

    I removed the wheel, put it in neutral and hand-turned the rotor while pushing the shield to the inside. Once it lodged between the rotor and shield, then it was easy to tap out. No obvious scoring of the rotor. The stone was about a half-inch in diameter.

    This seems unusual, but I mention it in case it happens to you...

    Bill
     
    #1 1F7, Mar 22, 2010
    1 person likes this.
  2. fgoodyear

    fgoodyear New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2007
    187
    11
    0
    Location:
    Tillson, New York
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Had it happen on an old Mercedes I owned. What you did was going to be my advice. Not a real problem, just a bunch of noise. The rotor is usually a lot harder than the rock.
     
    #2 fgoodyear, Mar 26, 2010
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)