Last month I suddenly started hearing a metalic noise that sounds like it's coming from the rear wheels. The noise is rythmic and repeated over and over only when the car is in motion. The noise is similiar to that of a knife blade being sharpened on a stone if that make any sense.
I realize that asking about a noise problem on this group is not the best way to deal with this problem because you can't hear the noise but I was just wondering if anyone else has encountered this.
Put it on jack stands, give the wheels a spin and look. Inspect your brakes while you're there.
sounds likethe rear brake linings are worn down to almost nothing
I put the car on jacks and took the wheels off.Sure enough, when I spun the right rear wheel I heard that scraping noise. Could worn brake produce such a noise while the car is moving and the brakes are not being used? As a matter of fact the noise would stop when the brakes were pumped when this first started happening. Now the noise happens either way. Could it be that the bake pad has broken and is scraping the wheel?
p snipped-for-privacy@goochs.com wrote:
More than likely you have worn the brake shoes down to the rivets and they are beginning to destroy the rear drum(s). The first sound you heard was designed as a signal to get them looked at. At this point you may no longer be able to resurface the drums and need to replace them (extra $$).
Bob
p snipped-for-privacy@goochs.com wrote:
To close this thread I took the car to my mechanic. It turn out that the rear caliper was locked and it was scraping the pads against the rotors. I had him do a complete front and rear brake job and it breaks down like this. Parts and labor for complete front brake job and resurface rotors. Clean and bleed front calipers.....$245
Parts and labor for complete rear brake job and installed new rear rotors and adjust emergency brake....$245
2 new rotors...$91 ea. brake fluid cleaner ...$15I new caliper complete...$219
Hope I didn't get ripped off.
Thanks for all your replies.
Bl=E4Bl=E4 wrote:
Bla,
From the content of the post, I assumed he was having the work done and not doing it himself. Most dealerships/service garages charge a whole lot more (as the OP found out) for new drums/discs (I assumed they were drum brakes when the later post makes it clear they were discs, but the bottom line is the same ... just replacing rotors instead of drums) then for resurfacing.
On the $15 drums, these are the "generic white box specials" made in China and, in my opinion, of questionable quality. I pay a little more and use US made NAPA drums and rotors. For me, I do the work myself and resurface them ($15 ea) every other change before replacing the following time.
I am not trying to fault your method since it works for you ... just trying to explain my original reply to his post.
Bob
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