Date:         Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:36:50 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear Brakes
Comments: To: Steven Shelton <shelton4@gmail.com>
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I don't know if this applies to you or not, but I had a
scrape-scrape-scrape noise that confounded a brake shop, a tire store and a
VW shop before I fund the problem. If the shoes get loose enough in there,
they can move side to side enough to make a noise that is not the smooth
whirring of the shoes on the smooth surface.

Jim

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Steven Shelton <shelton4@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My rear brakes are making a scrape-scrape-scrape sound when I engage them.
> Today while coasting down a hill I used the parking brake to verify that
> the sound is the rear drums.
>
> I replaced the shoes and drums about 2 1/2 years ago and have put about
> 20,000 miles on it.  At the time I had a hard time getting a Brembo drum
> that wouldn't pulse when braking and finally had to settle for some
> pulsation.  I though it would wear in but now it seems to be worse.
>
> I was looking over Ken Wilford's newsletter on rear brake inspection and he
> says that the any wear will be at the top of the shoes.  I pulled the
> driver's side drum and the top 4/5 of the front shoe is shiny while the
> bottom 1/5 is dull.  Does this indicate what the problem is?
>