Metalic noise from 97 SC2

Bla,

From the content of the post, I assumed he was having the work done and not
doing it himself. Most dealerships/service garages charge a whole lot more
(as the OP found out) for new drums/discs (I assumed they were drum brakes
when the later post makes it clear they were discs, but the bottom line is
the same ... just replacing rotors instead of drums) then for resurfacing.

On the $15 drums, these are the "generic white box specials" made in China
and, in my opinion, of questionable quality. I pay a little more and use US
made NAPA drums and rotors. For me, I do the work myself and resurface
them ($15 ea) every other change before replacing the following time.

I am not trying to fault your method since it works for you ... just trying
to explain my original reply to his post.

Bob

"BläBlä" > wrote in message
...
> Hmmmmm $20 bucks to turn each drum or $14.99 each + tax for new ones? No
> loss there. :-)
>
> In article > ,
> says...
>> More than likely you have worn the brake shoes down to the rivets and
>> they
>> are beginning to destroy the rear drum(s). The first sound you heard was
>> designed as a signal to get them looked at. At this point you may no
>> longer
>> be able to resurface the drums and need to replace them (extra $$).
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> "Hal97" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> I put the car on jacks and took the wheels off.Sure enough, when I spun
>> the right rear wheel I heard that scraping noise. Could worn brake
>> produce such a noise while the car is moving and the brakes are not
>> being used? As a matter of fact the noise would stop when the brakes
>> were pumped when this first started happening. Now the noise happens
>> either way.
>> Could it be that the bake pad has broken and is scraping the wheel?
>>