OK - I got the car back together and running perfectly!

After replacing the rear axels and passenger side wheel bearing I discovered it was the darn swaybar link dragging along the inside of the wheel that was causing my grinding sound.

I knew it was disconnected but didn't know it was touching anything. Hmm.

So - now I have a fairly cheap - perfectly running new brakes, rear axels, bearings, injectors battery car.

Its ready for another 200k miles.