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Rear Brakes Stuck?


henry79
04-20-2009, 04:17 PM
Went to back the grand prix out of the garage this AM. Sounded like the rear brakes were locked up. I checked the parking brake and it was off. Reverse sounded like a grinding noise. When I drove it around the block it sounded like the brakes were applied or something. It drove fine yesterday and I parked it overnight. It did have some body work done this weekend but I drove it home from the shop.

Tonight I am going to remove the calipers and see if I can compress the brake.

You guys have any ideas?

BNaylor
04-20-2009, 09:50 PM
Tonight I am going to remove the calipers and see if I can compress the brake.

That sounds like a good course of action. When was the last brake job done?

henry79
04-22-2009, 02:55 PM
I found the rear driver side coil spring had snapped and was rubbing on the inside of the tire. I found a local used strut and spring and switched the old spring out with the new/used.

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