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Old 03-12-2009, 11:04 AM
HeadlessHorseman1 HeadlessHorseman1 is offline
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Re: Rear brakes (drums) grinding noise

From what your describe, it sounds like your rear brake shoes are completely gone... which also means your rear drums are damaged and need to be machine-turned or replaced.

Replacing drums in a Caravan is a PITA and not for the unhardy... get it fixed IMMEDIATELY, because this may also mean that you are now wearing down your front disk brake pads faster than usual.

And since your front disk brakes are working harder to make up for the loss of rear brakes, they will run hotter and this additional heat will diminish their capacity to work as well as they should.
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