There is a grinding noise that is coming from my left rear wheel well. I'm assuming it is the drums. I'm pretty sure it goes away when I brake. The grinding slows as the car slows down. Anyone have any clue? Also, if it is the drum, any signs of wear or any broken compenents I should look for? I checked a lot of the current and archived posts on drums but none seemed to describe the problem I'm having. Its been happening for the last week or so. Don't want to let this get out of hand. By the way I have a 92 lx with some fresh 225/50 16 MXs. Thanks in advance

Shaun

 

If its you know its coming from you rear driver wheel, I would say pull the wheel/drum of and look at the shoes. Most modern pads/shoes come with a wear indicator usually a sound (whining) and need to be replaced, if your passenger side drum isn't doing it I would suggest adjusting your rear brakes so they are more even, sounds like your driver rear is working harder than you passenger side one, or the shoe just had higher wear. You will need to get the drum resurfaced and you should do both at the same time. If they are thin enough (after getting resurfaced a couple of times) you will have to purchase new drums, but you could easily do the rear disc conversion for a little more coin. Also you may try a brake cleaner, sometimes its just brake dust...hope this helps.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VRDrvr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If its you know its coming from you rear driver wheel, I would say pull the wheel/drum of and look at the shoes. Most modern pads/shoes come with a wear indicator usually a sound (whining) and need to be replaced, if your passenger side drum isn't doing it I would suggest adjusting your rear brakes so they are more even, sounds like your driver rear is working harder than you passenger side one, or the shoe just had higher wear. You will need to get the drum resurfaced and you should do both at the same time. If they are thin enough (after getting resurfaced a couple of times) you will have to purchase new drums, but you could easily do the rear disc conversion for a little more coin. Also you may try a brake cleaner, sometimes its just brake dust...hope this helps.</TD></TR></TABLE>



same happen to my car a few months back.. replaced my pads and sounds gone... get it checked first, sometimes it can be other problems.

 

Cool guys, thanks for the help. Yeah, my car has 120k on it, I've had it for the last 30k or so, probably time to get some new shoes. I'd LOVE to do the disc conversion but money is just tight now with gifts, bills, and classes to pay for in the spring. Yippie. Also, if I was able to get a hold of some discs for the rear conversion that were bigger than the stock front, it would be wise to move the smaller front rotors to the rear and put the new larger rotors in the front? If I'm going to do this conversion down the road might as well try to find some nice large rotors. Thanks again for the help.

Shaun

 

Check your pad first, it sounds like your rivets in your pad is grinding again your drum.

 

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Shaun</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well you can check your local junkyard for an se with discs or a 94-97 disc, it should fit and all you need is that trailing arms brake lines, rotors and...I know I am forgetting something search for rear conversion, this topic has been covered before also with a step by step too and if you go through a junkyard it will be way cheap, about the price of new shoes and resurfacing drums....I have heard of greater stopping power and as far as bigger rotors in the front you would have to go aftermarket but they get pricey. Check this tread for TONS of how-tos.... https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=421008