# Brake Question (Clicking/Grinding Noise)

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [May 12, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-question-clicking-grinding-noise/197394 "2008-05-12T08:52:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-question-clicking-grinding-noise/197394/3 "2008-05-12T09:19:47Z")

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> [@WTB: 96-00 Civic Sedan Front Driver's door](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-96-00-civic-sedan-front-drivers-door/36330/2):
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> did it just start happening when you replaced the pads and rotors? does it happen on both sides or just one side?
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> i mean a clicking sounds like it would be a loose rotor… maybe you can use a shim to keep it tight against the caliper?
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> and if it was only grinding i would say maybe the rotor would need to be broken in. I know when I had ceramic pads on my car they seemed to make a lot of grinding noise while they were still new, until everything broke in.

It took a little while for it to start. It seems to only be on one side.

It makes a slight grinding noise and a click every rotatation. I thought about the rotor being loose. I know one of the lugs is stripped (sams club) where I cannot tighten it too tight. I thought maybe that may have something to do with it…but there are 4 toehr lugs that are tight…and the one that is stripped is still pretty tight…I can put decent pressure before it loosens again.

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