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Rear right wheel makes a cracking sound when I brake

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#1 ·
I had the rotor changed, brakes and even the parking brake hardware changed. The noise is still there.

I found a thread on an other forum for q60 but no solution was given.

Here are videos of the sound its making.



Any ideas?
 
#2 ·
A history of events regarding the sound and who you had work on it would be nice, but it sounds more like your suspension creaking than the brakes to my ears.
Do you feel any chatter or vibration in the brake pedal when you press the pedal down???
Does it only happen in one direction? Or does it happen regardless if your going backwards or forward?
Has this always happened? Or did it only occur after a change like new wheels?
Are these the same type of pads and rotors you had previously?

Becauset if it is the brakes then it could be the dust shield or brake line is rubbing against something,
Proper lubrication wasn't applied to the pins/slides, or even than the brakes themselves weren't
bedded correctly and have some excess play.
 
#3 ·
A history of events regarding the sound and who you had work on it would be nice, but it sounds more like your suspension creaking than the brakes to my ears.
Do you feel any chatter or vibration in the brake pedal when you press the pedal down???
Does it only happen in one direction? Or does it happen regardless if your going backwards or forward?
Has this always happened? Or did it only occur after a change like new wheels?
Are these the same type of pads and rotors you had previously?

Becauset if it is the brakes then it could be the dust shield or brake line is rubbing against something,
Proper lubrication wasn't applied to the pins/slides, or even than the brakes themselves weren't
bedded correctly and have some excess play.
I've done all the brake jobs on the car and it been doing it only on one side ever since the new rotor/brake were installed.
Don't feel any vibration in the brake pedal and it happens regardless if going backwards or forward
I had OEM rotor/brakes before and installed these discs More Information for RAYBESTOS 980155PER with these brakes More Information for WAGNER OEX1393

I lubricated pretty much everything that needed to be lubricated installed new guide pins also because i thought that could be the issue.
 
#4 ·
I've been DIY-ing my brakes for the last decade or so and have not encountered this cracking sound. Since you replaced the rotors, are the caliper bolts properly torqued? Are you using the OEM spreader spring? If not, I would recommend using the OEM one still.

I've also used the same rotors but in front and paired it with infiniti r-spec pads and powerstop pads, no noise with any of them.
 
#9 ·
It sounds like the parking brake may be engaged. But I assume you explored that?
 
#13 ·
So after inspection from the dealership they told me that noise was due to the rear axle.

"Axles are clicking, need to lube and re torque" they want 364.90+tx for that job
Meaning where the axle splines enter the diff and slide in and out as the wheel moves up and down through the suspension travel?
 
#17 ·
I'm starting to have this issue with my Q60 (front right tire). Seems to creak like a floorboard at your grandparents house when you step on it. It seems to only happen when I go over bumps in the road while turning.

Does anybody else have an idea what is causing this? It seemed to have started after a huge snow storm in the PNW and I was driving around after it semi melted but the roads still had snow and gravel.