fingolfin

alright
I accelerate fine, corner fine. When braking (medium/hard) I can hear a woo-wooo-woo (like the three stouges) sound coming from the right side.

I think it's my rear drum (which i replaced maybe 5000 Km ago), but am not 100% sure.
Could it be anything else?

I'm going to take it apart in 2 weeks when i get some time.

fingolfin

yah i know.. I'm stumped to.. but then i don't know much about cars

Newbreed

See if the sound happens when you use your hand break. If it does, you know the problem is with your rear brakes/drums. They could be warped.

I had the same sort of problem when I got my brakes done not too long ago. I had to get my drums replaced a few time. They kept warping no matter what I did. I was not driving the car hard. I got them swapped out for rear rotors and pads, no problems since.

I'm no mechanic but from my experience drums suck. My $0.02.

bbarbulo

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drums don't suck. big rigs that stop 80,000 lbs payloads use drums. 120 ton presses use drums. what sucks is mechanics who don't know how to maintain drums. they're a pain in the *** to work on and i don't much like working on them, but as a technology they're pretty friggin sweet.

fingolfin

rats..
I think they are warped...

I'm going back to the mechanic who has agreed to look at them. I really hope its simple thing

I HATE rear drums. I can changle pads rotar no problem. The first time i tried to drums I failed horribly. I'll never do a drum job again.

If is turns out to be warped do I need to replace the shoe and the drum again?

bbarbulo

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just have them turned. I put 2 sets of brand new drums on my DD, and the probelem still presisted, so i had them turned and it was all good. cheap drums are prolly machined while hot, so they can warp while cooling.

fingolfin

good advice..
thanks man... im going to get him to try this

Newbreed

I did bring it to a reputable shop. From feedback from other people and even this situation, they seem prone to wrapping. I don't know man, I've never hear of anyone having these kind of problems with rotors.

chris_v2

I agree with B and I don't. You can machine a warped drum, but depending on how badly it is warped, machining will not solve the problem. Sometimes warping is imbedded in the material and will return in a few heat cycles. You can try turning the drum and see if it fixes it, but I wouldn't be surprised if the problem came back.