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Old 03-03-2010, 02:07 PM
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Afternoon everyone,

Car is a 2002 Trans Am, I have a squeak coming from the passenger side rear. I believe it is the e-brakes. Things I have already done is grease all the bushings back there, made sure all the tires were properly inflated, the car has new brakes and rotors (4,000 miles ago). I took that side of the car apart and adjusted the e-brakes all the way in, drove it and the noise went away. So I think that is the problem. When I pulled on the e-brake handle 3 times though the noise came back. Is there anything I can do to fix this permanently. Not sure where to go from here.

UPDATE - I replaced the rear brake hardware on both sides and then bleed the rear brakes and it seems to have fixed the problem.

Thanks in advance,
John

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Anyone have any advice? I have some time off so I can actually work on it, so I need some suggestions.
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Sounds like something in your e-brake is hanging up and not releasing. The only adjustment I know of is is the one you have already tried on the bottom of the e-brake after you remove the wheel and rotor. I would try to drive say 10mph and make a few stops with the e-brake and see if that helps
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Thx I plan on taking it apart tommorrow and see if I can play with it some if it dosent work I will try your suggestion.




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