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Please Read - - - - >>>> I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this question or not. It might deal with both suspension and brakes.
I have a horribly annoying squeak coming from my right rear wheel well area. It sounds like a cricket. It happens only when I rev the engine or when I hit some bumps. Basically, it's triggered by vibration. It'll do it when I'm parked just revving. When I had it on jack stands and I rev'd it, it didn't make the sound. I believe because the springs were taken out of the equation. I think the problem is this:
The last time I replaced the rear brake pads the right rear rotor would not come off. So instead of using brain instead of brawn, I just ripped that bitch off...almost did a summersault!
Anyway, the e-brake broke loose in one place. I think that may be my culprit. I've put about 4 thousand miles on the car since that last brake job though and I never heard anything before a few days ago. I would've taken the rotor off tonight but I didn't want to completely screw up the e brake.
Sorry for this being a damned novel, but what do you think? Anyone ever run into this problem before?
Dan
I have a horribly annoying squeak coming from my right rear wheel well area. It sounds like a cricket. It happens only when I rev the engine or when I hit some bumps. Basically, it's triggered by vibration. It'll do it when I'm parked just revving. When I had it on jack stands and I rev'd it, it didn't make the sound. I believe because the springs were taken out of the equation. I think the problem is this:
The last time I replaced the rear brake pads the right rear rotor would not come off. So instead of using brain instead of brawn, I just ripped that bitch off...almost did a summersault!
Anyway, the e-brake broke loose in one place. I think that may be my culprit. I've put about 4 thousand miles on the car since that last brake job though and I never heard anything before a few days ago. I would've taken the rotor off tonight but I didn't want to completely screw up the e brake.
Sorry for this being a damned novel, but what do you think? Anyone ever run into this problem before?
Dan
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Re: Please Read - - - - >>>> The ebrake may be the problem.. only one way to find out, rip it off and fix anything thats broken. If thats not the problem, then i would put pcv tubing on the lower and upper coil of each spring, insulating it from the chassis. This is a factory fix for squeaky coils for lexus's at my dealership, works awesome.
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Re: Please Read - - - - >>>> Ya, I thought it might be the springs squeaking as well. I read a few posts about guys putting tubing over the coil ends to prevent it. I'm going to be painting my calipers and rotor hats this Saturday. That'll be a good time to check out the e brake. I'm concerned that the e brake will break completely when I remove the rotor again. I don't remember what the assembly looks like so I'm not sure how I could repair it. I supposed I could just replace the whole thing. There is no way in hell I'll be able to put up with this squeak.
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Re: Please Read - - - - >>>> I guess I should add the fact that I recently had a hooker catback installed. It's much louder than the stock Z28 exhaust so the car vibrates a lot in the rear.
I'm hoping someone can help me here 'cuz I'm going crazy listening to this. I might have to upgrade stereo systems if I can't figure this out! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
I'm hoping someone can help me here 'cuz I'm going crazy listening to this. I might have to upgrade stereo systems if I can't figure this out! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
