I recently had a wheel bearing go out and had that replaced but afterward noticed a grinding in my brakes at low speeds right before I came to a stop.  I replaced my pads and rotors and yet it still persists.  What now…?  2000 Impreza outback.

Edited March 8, 20224 yr by Busaru

How are the brake line? The flexible parts at the strut. Cracks inside there can prevent the backflow of brake-fluid.

Or the slide pin are not moving freely.

Dust shield not touching the rotor? 

Cheers 

Bennie

16 hours ago, Busaru said:

I recently had a wheel bearing go out and had that replaced but afterward noticed a grinding in my brakes at low speeds right before I came to a stop.  I replaced my pads and rotors and yet it still persists.  What now…?  2000 Impreza outback.

1. *** Critical question - how positive are you the noise ever existed before the wheel bearing job and started immediately after the wheel bearing job?

2. Does it only start grinding with your foot on the brake?

3. If it starts grinding and you immediately respond with more brake pressure, or let off, does the noise go away? 
 

16 hours ago, Busaru said:

I recently had a wheel bearing go out 

Front or rear bearing?
Describe the symptoms and how long was it bad?
Was a Subaru or aftermarket bearing installed?
Did it fix the issues or was this "brake noise" the issue that the wheel bearing replacement didn't alleviate?

 

If you replaced the fronts, maybe it's the back making noise?  Or the other way around. 

Jack up the vehicle and turn the hub (with the wheel on and without the wheel on) by hand and reproduce the noise to help locate.

Look for debris stuck in, or around the backing plate, or a bent backing plate that's rubbing the rotor. 

Open the caliper and check for a distorted wear indicator or bent brake pad clip touching the rotor.  This would be very uncommon but as I can't see the car you want to make sure nothing is inordiately close to the rotor - pad clips, rear backing plate, and wear indicators are easily damaged/shifted.

Aftermarket wheel bearings are lower quality and can fail shortly after install - is there any chance this new bearing is bad or was damaged during installation?