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E-Brake noise comes and goes
I have a noise in the driver side rear brake. The noise comes back when the rotors are hot. I can stop the noise by gently engaging the parking brake.
What I have done: 1) removed rotor. 2) cleaned all dust out 3) emergency brake pads are good and not glased. I do have chrome wheels on the car. I never had the noise when I had the painted wheels on the car. Any ideas? What does the new wheels have to do with the noise? Thanks |
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10-12-2008, 12:50 PM
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my noise was a scraping noise slightly in a turn. it went away when l pull the ebrake while diving. further troubleshooting found bad rear wheel bearings, changed them all is well now! hope that's not your case....
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10-12-2008, 01:40 PM
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Make sure that the bracket holding the e brake cable (at the wheel) is still doing its job. Mine was broken and allowed the cable to droop down on to the outer CV joint. Might explain why it goes away when you apply the e brake slightly.
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10-12-2008, 02:02 PM
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The car has 54k. I am hoping that wheel bearing are "OK". How long do they last? Are the greasable?
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10-12-2008, 06:18 PM
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bearings are sealed and should last a lifetime, mine lasted 27 years!
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10-12-2008, 06:31 PM
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To check rear wheel bearings, lift car, grab wheel at 9 & 3 o'clock and rock. Then at 12 & 6 o'clock. At the rear, if you hear/feel a little click click it's probably your bearing. While your milage doesn't seem excessive, and as mentioned, they do last a lifetime, their lifetime may be...well...over.
Mine sometimes made a noise like a marble whirring around in a coffee can. The E-brake usage seemed to have some effect on the noise, probably because it forced the bearing into another "set" momentarily. Drove it that way for two years until the noise became more constant. When I took it apart, the bearing came out in two pieces. Still looked pretty good, except for the two pieces part. Pretty cheap fix I think. If I recall the bearing was $50 or so from our host. In the interest of symmetry and because I'm a big spender, I did them both (one on each side). |
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10-12-2008, 11:27 PM
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Thanks for all the great information.
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