Thread: Rear end rebuild restores ride height, but I now have a rear end roaring noise
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Old 03-18-2005, 08:52 PM
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Sounds like the parking brake shoes have been fried by improper adjustment -- you adjust them with a star wheel through a lug bolt hole, not with the cable! Using the cable will wear one end off the shoe, and the lining will come off. Also possible it's just old age, or the shoes are off the retainers.

Easy enough to check, just jack it up, pull the rear wheels, remove the calipers, and pull the rotors.

At least you don't have a fried rear end.....

peter
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