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This is happening when i break or pull ebreak. car doesnāt stop right away.
I can hear itā¦sounds like rusty drums, but that canāt be it. Can you pull the rear wheels and have a lookā¦post a picture?
that is what i thought , but they are brand new. I think Iām gonna replace them just in case they are defective .Sure, I will pull them off tomorrow and change the drum.
Just curious, you had silent brakes before, why did you replace the drums the first time?
Yes, silent. my car has never made a peep in 5 years. once the brakes were changed i started having all of these noises.
-plus i have replaced the brakes twice thinking it was defective. the mechanic sanded down the sides of the pads and it stopped making a noise when i drive, just when i stop and pull the ebrake.
My gut says you need factory shoes.
I hope not. The store said these brakes are fully compatible with my car. Iām getting a second opinion tomorrow as well .
So which is it?
Brake pads? Or brake shoes?
Tester
the rear, so shoes. my apologies
Final comment tonightā¦a local mechanic (who owns two shops that are always busy) refuses to use anything but factory pads and shoesā¦this eliminated ācomebacksā from complaining customers.
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Okay. Thank you for all of your help <3
Okay, I can confirm that is what it sounds like after I do a brake job on my car. It sounds to me like metallic brake shoes pressing against the metal drums, not really what Iād call āgrinding.ā I get this whether I do the brake job myself or farm it out.
The only solution I can recommend, other than ignoring it or turning up the radio until it goes away, is to ask your mechanic to see if he can find softer more expensive brake shoes (like the OEM brake shoes mentioned above), but even thatās not a guaranteed fix.
Iām sorry to say my advice is to live with it. It will eventually go away, and since most of the braking is done in the front, so it should be a long time before you have to do the rear brakes again.
Oh, wait, I do have one more piece of advice: Do a front brake job. Maybe, with thick new brake pads installed in the front, the rear brakes will do less work, so youāll hear less scraping noise. If the cost of the job is an issue, see if you can get a friend to just swap out the pads without installing new rotors.
The store said these brakes are fully compatible with my car.
There, I fixed for you.
The front brakes are new as well. Believe me i wouldnāt care as much for the sound if the emergency brake actually stopped my car. thats the concern now. I will record the sound it makes when i break not e brake.
Iāve only installed aftermarket brake components that meets or exceeds the OEM specifications.
And in all the years Iāve serviced brakes, Iāve never had a comeback.
After all, the OEMās donāt make the brake components that are installed in their vehicles.
They purchase those components from a vendor/supplier.
Tester
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HA! thank you. I didnāt even notice!
Okay. I will order original brakes to see if the issue is resolved. i have an infant in the car with me at all times. so i just want to be positive .
That is not really an emergency brake, it might slow the vehicle but it is a parking brake.