Rear End Rattle

[logger]

My MK6 probably does more dirt road bashing than most around here. I tend to drive quite fast on corrugated roads with loose gravel. A few days ago my car developed a rattle in the rear end. Particularly noticeable over bumps at low speed, sounding like a loose component clanging beneath the car. Very loud and noticable.



The cultprit was this piece of gravel trapped beneath the rear left brake disk and its the cover plate. Easily removed with a narrow screw driver. Come to think of it I probably caused the stone to get trapped when intentionally sliding the rear end out in loose gravel to observe how well the ESP braking works on the inner wheel. Rocks spraying about the place as this occurs.

Anyway something simple to check for, if you ever pick up unwanted noises after driving on gravel.

[mr gee]

wow, a quick reminder why I didn't get a CW car.

Yeh, I had a stone chip in my front brake once and it screeched like hell.

[prise]

That's the second time I've known that to happen. The first time a stone jammed in the front caliper on a commodore driving in front of me coming down the road from Mt Baw-baw. Lots of smoke and we had to take the caliper off to free it. The whole brake and wheell assembly was so hot it took several minutes before it was cool enough to take off. The commodore driver was glad I drove a 20+ yo car with tools in the boot!

[AdamD]

I feel pity for your duco.