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Re: Loud screeee sound (was Loud wailing sound)

To: "'MG NUTS'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Loud screeee sound (was Loud wailing sound)
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 10:40:33 -0800
Well, you say it happens under braking... I must say that sounds like 
metal-to-metal contact, the most obvious explanation for which would be 
worn shoes or pads. You say you recently did the rear brakes -- have you 
pulled the drums to see if everything is still in order? Possibly 
something has come loose inside and is being squeezed against the drum.

On the front, did you actually pull the wheels to look at the brake pads? 
It's hard to evaluate both of them otherwise, and sometimes one will be 
quite thick and the other worn through (due to a stuck piston).

Finally, have you checked that the handbrake is releasing properly? I've 
never heard of this being a problem (usually it's the other way around) 
but I suppose it's possible.

Anyway, that's all I can think of. Hope it helps. Good luck.

Edwin Vaughan had this to say:

>
>Maybe "wail" is not the proper word but it is hard to describe. Maybe it
>is more like a loud screeeee. Just think of dragging your fingernail
>across a blackboard. I think that's a fairly good description of the
>sound.
>
>TIA, 
>
>Edwin
>"I try to think but nuthin' happens"| The MG Filling Station for Your 
>Brain     
>       -- Curly (the stooge)        |   http://www.auburn.edu/~vaughme
>
>
>
>


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great, 
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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