On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Tim <tputland at charter.net> wrote:
> I replaced the rear brakes pads on my daughter's 99 Toyota Solara today
> in hopes of eliminating the squeal when she backs up. They were in need
> of replacing (pretty thin on one side) but the squealer was not making
> contac. I didn't turn or replace the rotor since it was the rear AND
> they were in good shapes still.
>
> After I was done I took the car out and it did not squeal on me, even
> during varied speeds backwards. Well, I just heard that they are still
> squealing at slow back up speed on my kid as she was leaving just now.
>
> Any idea why?
It's got a drum-in-disc parking brake, and something is wrong with
your prking brake. If you're lucky it's just misadjusted. You might
need any or all of drums (which I'm pretty sure are one piece with the
rotor ), shoes, hardware, cable.
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David Scheidt
dmscheidt at gmail.com
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