On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, joe brown wrote: > Mine make a grinding noise also, especially after I wash the road salt out of the wheel wells. Mine goes away after awhile. > Shawn <firefly@JAM.RR.COM> wrote:Volks: > I just R&R'd the rear brakes on my Westy. Now it's started doing the > same thing again. It makes a grinding noise when the brakes are > depressed. Not like metal to metal squeal, but it's definitely > concerting. Maybe just rust on the drums that's being polished off. The brakes on both my van and my car make scratchy grinding noises the first few times I use them after they've been parked for a while.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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