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Rubbing noise inrear


indyram
05-11-2011, 07:05 AM
My wife has a 2001 grand caravan sport 3.3 and it has been making a grinding type of noise. I drove it briefly last night. It sounds like a warped rotor or a pad/caliper hanging up and rubbing. It is only noticeable when breaking. It doesn't have disc brakes in the rear however they are drums. I have not worked with drums much before. Any ideas what to look for or look at? The drums were replaced a couple years ago.

Ryan

Mark1950
05-11-2011, 02:20 PM
Brake drums develop a ridge on the inside edge and my guess is what you are hearing is the inside edge of the brake shoe rubbing against that ridge – it’s more of an annoyance – but to check it out and fix it , you need to remove the drum and sand or grind that ridge down.

indyram
05-12-2011, 10:05 AM
Thanks I will take a look.

Ryan

RIP
05-12-2011, 01:02 PM
Head to YouTube. In the search window type in "caravan drum brakes" and you'll see several videos describing how to work on your drum brakes.

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