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Fri 29 Aug 2003 13:36

Clonking noise on Corolla vvti brakes... - arnold2

My 2000 (old shape) Corolla recently had a seized front brake disc - corrosion had 'welded' the pad to the disc, according to the RAC man who fixed it - which he did by sanding the disc down. Only problem now is that I think the corrosion spot is still there - the car sounds like something is clonking at the front - but isn't apparent if you rev the engine with the clutch out.
Could the noise be something else? Cheers everyone. BTW - what causes pads to rust to discs ?

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