Infested_9mm

hello,
I am hearing a grinding noise in my rear driver side wheel and it is very bad when i turn to the right.
I bought new brakes a new drum and a new wheel bearing hub assy and i still hear the noise?

please help.

thankyou for your time

EK_kidd

Is the car drop? If the car is to low the wheel might be rubing on something

Probot

could be your axle?

Infested_9mm

hello,
thankyou for your guys replys.

no the car is not dropped at all.

axle, is that a fix i could do my self ?


thankyou

themikewoo

there are no axles in the back. best guess is the clearance between the drum and the backing plate. take it off and put it back on.

Probot

oops..read that wrong..lol just the part of him saying when he turns he hears grinding registered

Infested_9mm

take off the backing plate ?

i have taken off the drum/hub three times and everytime it just keeps grinding


could the trailing arm be bent? or the spindle?

thankyou guys for your help

forcefedferio

could be a bad wheel bearing, jack it up and spin it by hand.

Does it feel rough?
Can you hear the sound now or when driving?

forcefedferio

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yes i am quoting myself and i realized that what i said may be confusing, you already replaced the wheel bearing what i meant was the new wheel bearing could be junk...i've seen it happen and i've had it happen at work before.

Archidictus

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Nice of you to pay attention. You're at strike two today on my list.

To the OP - check your suspension bushings. It's possible that the grinding you hear is coming from metal-to-metal contact when the suspension articulates because a bushing is worn or missing. Wouldn't be the first time this happened to me.

forcefedferio

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Nice of you to pay attention. You're at strike two today on my list.

To the OP - check your suspension bushings. It's possible that the grinding you hear is coming from metal-to-metal contact when the suspension articulates because a bushing is worn or missing. Wouldn't be the first time this happened to me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn, i'm strike two on your list, maybe i should go drink gas and pray to god you will forgive me...

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yes i am quoting myself and i realized that what i said may be confusing, you already replaced the wheel bearing what i meant was the new wheel bearing could be junk...i've seen it happen and i've had it happen at work before.</TD></TR></TABLE>

and i quote myself again 2 minutes prior to you posting that, i suppose you can say reading pwns you.

Daveys_pal

try jacking car up, pull wheel and turn hub slowly to see if you can feel the point of rub. If the tire is too wide you should see rub marks on interior of wheel well. Look for rub marks on the spindle that the wheel bearing assembly slid onto. Look for shavings everywhere around that side of the backend. Look for areas where parts are coming into contact with each ofther. Like clean metal where all around it is dirty metal.

Good Luck

Infested_9mm

hello,

i jacked up can and took off wheel and it seems that the drum is grinding on the back plate or or something inside the drum there.
and it only seem to be grinding in one spot then spins free to the same spot again

the hub spins freely with no rubbing?
could trailing arm bushing be the cause?

thankyou all for your input

Daveys_pal

The trailing arm bushing on our 97 4dr Civ drivers side was so cracked out is was easy to see with the tire off. The symptom there was clunking noise when we went over bumps. The trailing arm bushing had so much slop and movement that it made the lower control arm to strut connection bushing go out also. Very noticable clunks when going over railroad tracks and washboarded roads. In my opinion your descriptions make it sound like something rubbing.

This may be a bone headed idea. When we took off the brake drum, brakes, and then the backing plate the bolts for the backing plate were different length I think. Did those go back in the right holes? Is the place where the parking brake cable goes through the lowere control arm rubbing with the grommet not seated good? Are there metal filings / shavings insied your brake drum? If it is rubbing you should be able to find where the two pieces are toughing each other.

speed_demon

see if your backing plate is bent up against the rotor. my prelude would grind all day and thats all it was. just bend it back out

Infested_9mm

thankyou

when i took it all apart the four times i never took off the backing plate so i dont think the bolt are wrong so i think it may be bent.


is it ok to just bend it back if it is bent or should i get a new one ?


thanks again

Infested_9mm

hello,
just wanted to say thankyou guys for the help.

the backing plate was bent and i beat it into submission and all is back to normal.

speed_demon

same thing happened to my prelude when i changed the axles dude. i just bent it back out and i havent had a problem with it since. that was about three months ago. lol